Display device

ABSTRACT

A display device includes a substrate including a first display region, a second display region having an area smaller than that of the first display region, a third display region having an area smaller than that of the first display region, and a non-display region, a plurality of pixels provided in the first to third display regions, a power line which is connected to each of the plurality of pixels and applies a first power voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a fan-out line provided in the non-display region, the fan-out line applying a data signal to the plurality of pixels, where the power line includes an additional power line, a first power line, and disposed on the additional power line, and a second power line disposed on the first power line.

The application is a continuation application of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 16/564,650, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, which is a continuationapplication of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/111,908, filed onAug. 24, 2018, which claims priority to Korean Patent Application No.10-2017-0127882, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, and all the benefits accruingtherefrom under 35 U.S.C. § 119, the content of which in its entirety isherein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND 1. Field

Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a display device.

2. Description of the Related Art

In general, a display device may include a display region that displaysan image and a non-display region that surrounds at least one side ofthe display region.

Recently, as interest in information displays and demand for portableinformation media increase, research and commercialization has centeredon display devices. In particular, as demand for maximally securing anarea of a display device by reducing a bezel corresponding to thenon-display region of the display device increases, various researchesfor minimizing the non-display region have been conducted.

SUMMARY

Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a display device capableof minimizing the area of a non-display region.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention also provide a display devicecapable of improving image quality.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is provideda display device including a substrate including a first display region,a second display region extended from a first side of first the displayregion, the second display region having an area smaller than that ofthe first display region, a third display region extended from the asecond side of the first display region, the third display region havingan area smaller than that of the first display region, and a non-displayregion, a plurality of pixels provided in the first to third displayregions, a power line connected to each of the plurality of pixel, thepower line applying a first power voltage to the plurality of pixels,and a fan-out line provided in the non-display region, the fan-out lineapplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels, where the power lineincludes an additional power line extending in a first direction, afirst power line extending in a second direction intersecting the firstdirection, the first power line being disposed on the additional powerline with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a secondpower line disposed on the first power line with a second insulatinglayer interposed therebetween.

In an exemplary embodiment, the additional power line and the first andsecond power lines may be electrically connected to each other.

In an exemplary embodiment, in a plan view, the second power line mayinclude a first part overlapping with the additional power line and asecond part overlapping with the first power line. The second power linefurther includes a third part in which the first part and the secondpart overlap.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first display region includes a (1-1)thdisplay region, and a (1-2)th display region which is disposed betweenthe (1-1)th display region and the third display region. The (1-2)thdisplay region may include a first region provided with pixels of theplurality of pixels arranged on the same pixel column as the pixels ofthe (1-1)th display region; and a second region provided with pixels ofthe plurality of pixels arranged on the same pixel column as the pixelsof the plurality of pixels of the (1-1)th display region and the thirddisplay region, except the first region.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first region of the (1-2)th displayregion may be a corner portion having a round shape of which a widthdecreases as it becomes farther from the (1-1)th display region alongthe second direction.

In an exemplary embodiment, the fan-out line may include a first fan-outline which applies the data signal to the pixels provided in the seconddisplay region, a second fan-out line which applies the data signal tothe pixels provided in the first region of the (1-2)th display region,and a third fan-out line applying the data signal to the pixels providedin the third display region. The third fan-out line may also apply thedata signal to pixels of the first display region, which are disposed onthe same pixel column as pixels provided in the third display region.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first fan-out line may include a (1-1)thfan-out line and a (1-2)th fan-out line, which are provided in layersdifferent from each other on the substrate. The (1-1)th fan-out line andthe (1-2)th fan-out line may be alternately disposed.

In an exemplary embodiment, in a plan view, the first to third fan-outlines may be spaced apart from each other on the substrate.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first to third fan-out lines may bedisposed in layers different from one another. The second fan-out linemay be disposed on the first fan-out line with the first and secondinsulating layers interposed therebetween. In a plan view, the firstfan-out line and the second fan-out line may overlap with each other.

In an exemplary embodiment, the display device may further include afirst driving voltage line which is provided in the non-display regionand applies the first power source to the power line, and a seconddriving voltage line which is provided in the non-display region andapplies a second power voltage to each of the plurality of pixels.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first driving voltage line may bedisposed in the non-display region surrounding one side of the thirddisplay region.

In an exemplary embodiment, the first driving voltage line may bedisposed in the non-display region to surround one side of the seconddisplay region, one side of the third display region, and one side ofthe (1-2)th display region. In the plan view, the first driving voltageline may overlap with the first fan-out line.

In an exemplary embodiment, the second driving voltage line may beprovided in a double-layered structure including a first metal layer anda second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer with the secondinsulating layer interposed therebetween. In the plan view, the firstmetal layer and the second metal layer may completely overlap with eachother.

In an exemplary embodiment, the display device may further include adriving unit which is provided between the second driving voltage lineand the first fan-out line in the non-display region in a plan view, andprovides a driving signal for driving the plurality of pixels. Thedriving unit may include a circuit driver and a signal line unitconnected to the circuit driver.

In an exemplary embodiment, in the plan view, a first portion of thefirst fan-out line may overlap with the second fan-out line, a secondportion of the first fan-out line may overlap with the second drivingvoltage line, and a third portion of the first fan-out line may overlapwith the signal line unit.

In an exemplary embodiment, in a plan view, a portion of the firstfan-out line may overlap with the second fan-out line, and the otherportion of the first fan-out line may overlap with the second drivingvoltage line. The second driving voltage line may be disposed on thefirst fan-out line with the first insulating layer interposedtherebetween, and the second fan-out line may be disposed on the seconddriving voltage line with the second insulating layer interposedtherebetween. The second driving voltage line may be provided in asingle-layered structure.

In an exemplary embodiment, the display device may further include ascan line extending in the first direction and connected to each of theplurality of pixels, data lines extending in the second direction andconnected to each of the plurality pixels, and a contact line whichextends from the non-display region to the first display region and thesecond region of the (1-2)th display region along the second direction,and is disposed between the first power line and the second power line.The contact line extending to the second region of the (1-2)th displayregion may be bent in the first direction to be electrically connectedto a data line of the data lines which corresponds to a pixel of thepixels provided in the first region, and the contact line extending tothe first display region may be bent in the first direction to beelectrically connected to a data line of the data lines whichcorresponds to a pixel of the pixels provided in the second displayregion

In an exemplary embodiment, the data lines may be disposed in the samelayer as the third fan-out line. The data lines and the third fan-outline may be unitary with and be electrically connected to each other.

In an exemplary embodiment, each of the second and third display regionsmay have a shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther fromthe first display region along the second direction. The first to thirdfan-out lines may be provided in the same layer.

In an exemplary embodiment, each of the plurality of pixels may includeat least one transistor disposed on the substrate, and a light emittingelement connected to the transistor to emit light. The at least onetransistor may include an active pattern disposed on the substrate, agate electrode disposed on the active pattern with a gate insulatinglayer interposed therebetween, and a source electrode and a drainelectrode, each connected to the active pattern.

In an exemplary embodiment, the light emitting element may include afirst electrode connected to the at least one transistor, an emittinglayer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposedon the emitting layer.

In an exemplary embodiment, the display device may further include abridge pattern disposed between the at least one transistor and thefirst electrode, the bridge pattern electrically connecting the at leastone transistor to the light emitting element. The bridge pattern may bedisposed in the same layer as the second power line.

In an exemplary embodiment, in a plan view, the second power line maynot overlap with the bridge pattern. The second power line may have aplate shape.

In an exemplary embodiment, each of the second and third regions may befoldable toward the outside of the first display region along a foldingline on the substrate.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a displaydevice according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of pixelsand a driving unit in the display device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram illustrating one pixel amongpixels shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4A is a plan view illustrating in detail the one pixel shown inFIG. 3.

FIG. 4B is a plan view illustrating only a power line in the pixel ofFIG. 4A.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A′ of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6A is an enlarged plan view of portion EA1 of FIG. 1, FIG. 6B is across-sectional view taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 6A, FIG. 6C is anenlarged plan view of portion EA2 of FIG. 6A, FIG. 6D is across-sectional view taken along line C-C′ of FIG. 6C, FIG. 6E is across-sectional view taken along line D-D′ of FIG. 6C, FIG. 6F is anenlarged plan view of portion EA3 of FIG. 6A, FIG. 6G is across-sectional view taken along line E-E′ of FIG. 6F, and FIG. 6Hillustrates another form of a first fan-out line of FIG. 6B, which is across-sectional view taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 6A.

FIG. 7A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line F-F′ of FIG. 7A.

FIG. 8A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line G-G′ of FIG. 8A.

FIG. 9A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line H-H′ of FIG. 9A.

FIG. 10A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line I-I′ of FIG. 10A.

FIG. 11A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line J-J′ of FIG. 11A.

FIG. 12A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 12B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line K-K′ of FIG. 12A.

FIG. 13A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, FIG. 13B is an enlarged plan view of portionEA4 of FIG. 13A, and FIG. 13C is a cross-sectional view taken along lineL-L′ of FIG. 13B.

FIG. 14A illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a portion of a displaydevice according to the invention, which is a plan view corresponding tothe portion EA1 of FIG. 1, FIG. 14B is a cross-sectional view takenalong line M-M′ of FIG. 14A, FIG. 14C is a plan view illustrating onepixel of FIG. 14A, and FIG. 14D is a cross-sectional view taken alongline N-N′ of FIG. 14C.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure may apply various changes and different shape, thereforeonly illustrate in details with particular examples. However, theexamples do not limit to certain shapes but apply to all the change andequivalent material and replacement. The drawings included areillustrated a fashion where the drawing figures are expanded for thebetter understanding.

Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. In the drawings, thethickness of certain lines, layers, components, elements or features maybe exaggerated for clarity. It will be understood that, although theterms “first”, “second”, etc. may be used herein to describe variouselements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. Theseterms are only used to distinguish one element from another element.Thus, a “first” element discussed below could also be termed a “second”element without departing from the teachings of the disclosure. As usedherein, the singular forms are intended to include the plural forms aswell, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that the terms “includes” and/or“including”, when used in this specification, specify the presence ofstated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/orcomponents, but do not preclude the presence and/or addition of one ormore other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components,and/or groups thereof. Further, an expression that an element such as alayer, region, substrate or plate is placed “on” or “above” anotherelement indicates not only a case where the element is placed “directlyon” or “just above” the other element but also a case where a furtherelement is interposed between the element and the other element. On thecontrary, an expression that an element such as a layer, region,substrate or plate is placed “beneath” or “below” another elementindicates not only a case where the element is placed “directly beneath”or “just below” the other element but also a case where a furtherelement is interposed between the element and the other element.

“About” or “approximately” as used herein is inclusive of the statedvalue and means within an acceptable range of deviation for theparticular value as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art,considering the measurement in question and the error associated withmeasurement of the particular quantity (i.e., the limitations of themeasurement system). For example, “about” can mean within one or morestandard deviations, or within 30%, 20%, 10%, 5% of the stated value.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientificterms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by oneof ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will befurther understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly useddictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that isconsistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and theinvention, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formalsense unless expressly so defined herein.

Exemplary embodiments are described herein with reference to crosssection illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealizedembodiments. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations asa result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances,are to be expected. Thus, embodiments described herein should not beconstrued as limited to the particular shapes of regions as illustratedherein but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example,from manufacturing. In an exemplary embodiment, a region illustrated ordescribed as flat may, typically, have rough and/or nonlinear features.Moreover, sharp angles that are illustrated may be rounded. Thus, theregions illustrated in the figures are schematic in nature and theirshapes are not intended to illustrate the precise shape of a region andare not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the invention will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUB, pixels PXLprovided on the substrate SUB, a driving unit that is provided on thesubstrate SUB and drives the pixels PXL, a power supply unit thatsupplies a power source to the pixels PXL, and a line unit (not shown)that allows the pixels PXL and the driving unit to be connected to eachother.

In an exemplary embodiment, the substrate SUB may have an approximatelyrectangular shape, for example. In an exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the substrate SUB may include a pair of short sides parallelto each other in a first direction DR1 and a pair of long sides parallelto each other in a second direction DR2. However, the shape of thesubstrate SUB is not limited thereto, and the substrate SUB may havevarious shapes. In an exemplary embodiment, the substrate SUB may have aclosed polygonal shape including linear sides, for example. In anexemplary embodiment, the substrate SUB may also have shapes such as acircle and an ellipse, including curved sides. In an exemplaryembodiment, the substrate SUB may also have shapes such as a semicircleand a semi-ellipse, including linear and curved sides.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, when the substrate SUB haslinear sides, at least some of corners of each of the shapes may beprovided in a curve. In an exemplary embodiment, when the substrate SUBhas a rectangular shape, for example, a portion at which adjacent linearsides meet each other may be replaced with a curve having apredetermined curvature.

When the substrate SUB includes a plurality of regions, each region mayhave various shapes such as a closed polygon including linear sides, acircle and an ellipse, including curved sides, and a semicircle and asemi-ellipse, including linear and curved sides. In some exemplaryembodiments, the substrate SUB may include a plurality of regionsprotruding in a first direction DR1 and a plurality of regionsprotruding in a second direction DR2 intersecting the first directionDR1. The regions may surround a central region of the substrate SUB.Each of the regions may have a rectangular shape, and a connectingportion connecting the regions may have a curvature. In addition, thesubstrate SUB may have a rectangular shape in which an edge enters thecentral region of the substrate SUB.

The substrate SUB may include a display region in which an image isdisplayed and a non-display region NDA provided at at least one side ofthe display region. The display region may be provided in a shapecorresponding to the substrate SUB.

The display region may be provided in plural. Specifically, in a planview, the display region may include a first display region DA1 thatoccupies the largest area, a second display region DA2 and a thirddisplay region DA3 extending in the second direction DR2 of the firstdisplay region DA1, a fourth display region DA4 and a fifth displayregion DA5 extending in the first direction DR1 of the first displayregion DA1.

Each of the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2, thethird display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and the fifthdisplay region DA5 may have various shapes. In an exemplary embodiment,each of the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2, thethird display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and the fifthdisplay region DA5 may be provided in various shapes such as a closedpolygon including linear sides, a circle and an ellipse, includingcurved sides, and a semicircle and a semi-ellipse, including linear andcurved sides, for example.

The first display region DA1 may be provided in a rectangular plateshape having two pairs of sides parallel to each other. In this case,any one pair of sides among the two pairs of sides may be providedlonger than the other pair of sides. In an exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th displayregion DA1_1 and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-1)th displayregion DA1_1 may have a rectangular shape having a pair of long sidesand a pair of short sides. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may have apolygonal shape including a first region DA1_2 a including a curved lineconnecting adjacent linear sides, e.g., a second folding line FL2 and athird folding line FL3 and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the firstregion DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the (1-2)th display regionDA1_2. In FIG. 1, the extending direction of the short side is specifiedas the first direction DR1, and the extending direction of the long sideis specified as the second direction DR2.

The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may be disposed at both sides of the(1-1)th display region DA1_1, which are opposite to each other. The(1-2)th display region DA1_2 may have a shape of which a width decreasesas it becomes farther from the (1-1)th display region DA1_1. In anexemplary embodiment of the invention, the (1-2)th display region DA1_2may have a shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther fromthe (1-1)th display region DA1_1, but the invention is not limitedthereto. In an exemplary embodiment, the (1-2)th display region DA1_2may have a trapezoidal shape due to corner portions including inclinedlinear sides or have a step shape due to corner portions having steppedportions, for example.

The second display region DA2 may be provided in a shape that isconnected to the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 and protrudes from the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The second display region DA2 may beprovided in a shape corresponding to that of the first display regionDA1, but the invention is not limited thereto. The second display regionDA2 may be a display region that is foldable toward the outside of thefirst display region DA1 along a first folding line FL1. Here, the firstfolding line FL1 may be provided at a boundary portion between the(1-2)th display region DA1_2 and the second display region DA2.

The third display region DA3 may be provided in a shape that isconnected to the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 and protrudes from the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. In a plan view, the third display regionDA3 may be opposite to the second display region DA2 with the firstdisplay region DA1 interposed therebetween in the second direction DR2.The third display region DA3 may be provided in a shape corresponding tothat of the first display region DA1, but the invention is not limitedthereto. Also, the third display region DA3 may be a display region thatis foldable toward the outside of the first display region DA1 along thesecond folding line FL2.

The fourth display region DA4 may be provided in a shape that isconnected to the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 and protrudes from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1. The fourth display region DA4 may beprovided in a shape corresponding to that of the first display regionDA1, but the invention is not limited thereto. The fourth display regionDA4 may be a display region that is foldable toward the outside of thefirst display region DA1 along the third folding line FL3.

The fifth display region DA5 may be provided in a shape that isconnected to the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 and protrudes from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1. In a plan view, the fifth display regionDA5 may be opposite to the fourth display region DA4 with the firstdisplay region DA1 interposed therebetween in the first direction DR1.The fifth display region DA5 may be provided in a shape corresponding tothat of the first display region DA1, but the invention is not limitedthereto. Also, the fifth display region DA5 may be a display region thatis foldable toward the outside of the first display region DA1 along afourth folding lien FL4.

The plurality of pixels PXL may be provided in the first display regionDA1, the second display region DA2, the third display region DA3, thefourth display region DA4, and fifth display region DA5. Each pixel PXLmay be any one of a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a whitepixel, but the invention is not limited thereto. In an exemplaryembodiment, each pixel PXL may be any one of a magenta pixel, a cyanpixel, and a yellow pixel, for example. Each pixel PXL may include adisplay element that emits light for display an image. The displayelement may be a light emitting element including an organic emittinglayer. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and the displayelement may be implemented in various forms such as a liquid crystaldevice, an electrophoretic device, and an electrowetting device. In anexemplary embodiment of the invention, the pixels PXL may be lightemitting elements.

The pixels PXL disposed in each of the first display region DA1, thesecond display region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourthdisplay region DA4, and the fifth display region DA5 may be arranged ina matrix form along rows extending in the first direction DR1 andcolumns extending in the second direction DR2. However, the arrangementform of the pixels PXL is not particularly limited, and the pixels PXLmay be arranged in various forms.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the plurality of pixels PXLmay include first to fifth pixels PXL1 to PXL5. The first pixel PXL1 maybe disposed in the first display region DA1, the second pixel PXL2 maybe disposed in the second display region DA2, the third pixel PXL3 maybe disposed in the third display region DA3, the fourth pixel PXL4 maybe disposed in the fourth display region DA4, and the fifth pixel PXL5may be disposed in the fifth display region DA5. The first to fifthpixels PXL1 to PXL5 may be provided in the same structure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second to fifth displayregions DA2 to DA5 may have an area smaller than that of the firstdisplay region DA1. In addition, the second display region DA2 and thethird display region DA3 may have the same area with each other, but theinvention is not limited thereto. In addition, the fourth display regionDA4 and the fifth display region DA5 may have the same area with eachother, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The non-display region NDA is a region in which the pixels PXL are notprovided, and may be a region in which the image is not displayed. Thenon-display region NDA may be provided with a data driver DDV fordriving the pixels PXL, first and second driving voltage lines (notshown) that receive a driving voltage provided from the power supplyunit, and a line unit (not shown) that allows the pixels PXL and thedriving unit to be connected to each other. The non-display region NDAcorresponds to a bezel in a final display device, and the width of thebezel may be determined according to the width of the non-display regionNDA.

The line unit may include fan-out lines that provide a data signal toeach pixel PXL from the data driver DDV.

The data driver DDV may provide the data signal to each of the pixelsPXL disposed in the first display region DA1, the second display regionDA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, andthe fifth display region DA5 through the fan-out lines. In an exemplaryembodiment, the data driver DDV may be disposed along the firstdirection DR1 in the non-display region NDA, for example, but the datadriver DDV is not limited thereto.

For convenience of description, a scan driver, an emission driver, andthe like are not illustrated in FIG. 1, but the scan driver, theemission driver, and the like may be provided in the non-display regionNDA. In this case, a plurality of line units (not shown) respectivelyconnected to the scan driver and the emission driver may be disposed inthe non-display region NDA.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the display device mayfurther include a flexible printed circuit board FPCB attached to oneside of the non-display region NDA through a connection part CNP. In anexemplary embodiment, the connection part CNP may be a chip on film(“COF”), for example.

The flexible printed circuit board FPCB may be disposed in a region inwhich any image is not displayed in the display device. In order to hidea component unnecessary to be viewed by a user, the flexible printedcircuit board FPCB may be unitary with the connection part CNP. A timingcontroller (not shown) for controlling the data driver DDV, the scandriver, and the emission driver, a touch driver (not shown) for sensinga touch of a user, the power supply unit, and the like may be disposed(e.g., mounted) on the flexible printed circuit board FPCB.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of thepixels and the driving unit in the display device of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the display device according to theexemplary embodiment of the invention may include pixels PXL, a drivingunit, and a line unit.

The pixels PXL may be provided in plural. The drive unit may include ascan driver SDV, an emission driver EDV, a data driver DDV, and a timingcontroller TC. In FIG. 2, positions of the scan driver SDV, the emissiondriver EDV, the data driver DDV, and the timing controller TC are setfor convenience of description. When an actual display device isimplemented, the scan driver SDV, the emission driver EDV, the datadriver DDV, and the timing controller TC may be disposed at otherpositions in the display device.

The line unit may include scan lines, data lines, emission controllines, a power line PL, and an initialization power line (not shown),which are disposed in the display region to provide signals from thedrive unit to each pixel PXL. The scan lines may include a plurality ofscan lines S1 to Sn, the emission control lines may include a pluralityof emission control lines E1 to En, and the data lines may include aplurality of data lines D1 to Dm where n and m are natural numbers.

The pixels PXL may be provided in the first display region DA1, thesecond display region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourthdisplay region DA4, and the fifth display region DA5. When a scan signalis supplied from a scan line corresponding to each pixel PXL, the pixelPXL may be supplied with a data signal from a data line. The pixel PXLsupplied with the data signal may control an amount of current flowingto a light emitting element (not shown) to drive the light emittingelement.

The scan driver SDV may supply the scan signal to the scan lines S1 toSn in response to a first gate control signal GCS1 from the timingcontroller TC. In an exemplary embodiment, the scan driver SDV maysequentially supply the scan signal to the scan lines S1 to Sn, forexample. When the scan signal is sequentially supplied to the scan linesS1 to Sn, the pixels PXL may be sequentially selected in units ofhorizontal lines.

The emission driver EDV may supply the emission control signal to theemission control lines E1 to En in response to a second gate controlsignal GCS2 from the timing controller TC. In an exemplary embodiment,the emission driver EDV may sequentially supply the emission controlsignal to the emission control lines E1 to En, for example.

Here, the emission control signal may be set to a width wider than thatof the scan signal. In an exemplary embodiment, an emission controlsignal supplied to an ith (i is a natural number) emission control lineEi may be supplied to overlap with a scan signal supplied to an (i−1)thscan line Si−1 and a scan signal supplied to an ith scan line Si duringa partial period, for example. Additionally, the emission control signalmay be set to a gate-off voltage (e.g., a high voltage) such thattransistors included in the pixels PXL may be turned off, and the scansignal may be set to a gate-on voltage (e.g., a low voltage) such thatthe transistors included in the pixels PXL may be turned on.

The data driver DDV may supply the data signal to the data lines D1 toDm in response to a data control signal DCS. The data signal supplied tothe data lines D1 to Dm may be supplied to pixels PXL selected by thescan signal.

The timing controller TC may supply, to the scan driver SDV and theemission driver EDV, the gate control signals GCS1 and GCS2 generatedbased on timing signals supplied from the outside. Also, the timingcontroller TC may supply the data control signal DCS to the data driverDDV.

A start pulse and clock signals may be included in each of the gatecontrol signals GCS1 and GCS2. The start pulse controls a timing of afirst scan signal or a first light emitting control signal. The clocksignals are used to shift the start pulse.

A source start pulse and clock signals may be included in the datacontrol signal DCS. The source start pulse controls a sampling starttime of data. The color signals are used to control a samplingoperation.

FIG. 3 is an equivalent circuit diagram illustrating one pixel among thepixels shown in FIG. 2. For convenience of description, a first pixelconnected to a jth data line Dj, an ith emission control line Ei, an ithscan line Si, and an (i−1)th scan line Si−1 is illustrated in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the first pixel PXL1 according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention may include a light emittingelement OLED, first to seventh transistors T1 to T7, and a storagecapacitor Cst.

An anode electrode of the light emitting element OLED is connected tothe first transistor T1 via the sixth transistor T6, and a cathodeelectrode of the light emitting element OLED is connected to a secondpower voltage ELVSS. The light emitting element OLED may generate lightwith a predetermined luminance corresponding to an amount of currentsupplied from the first transistor T1. A first power voltage ELVDDapplied to the power line PL to enable current to flow through the lightemitting element OLED may be set to a voltage higher than that of thesecond power voltage ELVSS.

A source electrode of the first transistor (also referred to as drivingtransistor) T1 is connected to the first power voltage ELVDD via thefifth transistor T5, and a drain electrode of the first transistor T1 isconnected to the anode electrode of the light emitting element OLED viathe sixth transistor T6. The first transistor T1 controls an amount ofcurrent flowing from the first power voltage ELVDD to the second powervoltage ELVSS via the light emitting element OLED, corresponding to avoltage of a first node N1 that is connected to a gate electrode of thefirst transistor T1.

The second transistor (also referred to as switching transistor) T2 isconnected between a jth data line Dj and the source electrode of thefirst transistor T1. In addition, a gate electrode of the secondtransistor T2 is connected to an ith scan line Si. The second transistorT2 is turned on when a scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line Si,to allow the jth data line Dj and the source electrode of the firsttransistor T1 to be electrically connected to each other.

The third transistor T3 is connected between the drain electrode of thefirst transistor T1 and the first node N1. In addition, a gate electrodeof the third transistor T3 is connected to the ith scan line Si. Thethird transistor T3 is turned on when a scan signal is supplied to theith scan line Si, to allow the drain electrode of the first transistorT1 and the first node N1 to be electrically connected to each other.Thus, the first transistor T1 is diode-coupled when the third transistorT3 is turned on.

The fourth transistor T4 is connected between the first node N1 and aninitialization power source Vint. In addition, a gate electrode of thefourth transistor T4 is connected to an (i−1)th scan line Si−1. Thefourth transistor T4 is turned on when a scan signal is supplied to the(i−1)th scan line Si−1, to supply the voltage of the initializationpower source Vint to the first node N1. Here, the initialization powersource Vint is set to a voltage lower than that of a data signal.

The fifth transistor T5 is connected between the first power voltageELVDD and the source electrode of the first transistor T1. In addition,a gate electrode of the fifth transistor T5 is connected to an ithemission control line Ei. The fifth transistor T5 is turned off when anemission control signal is supplied to the ith emission control line Ei,and is turned on otherwise.

The sixth transistor T6 is connected between the drain electrode of thefirst transistor T1 and the anode electrode of the light emittingelement OLED. In addition, a gate electrode of the sixth transistor T6is connected to the ith emission control line Ei. The sixth transistorT6 is turned off when an emission control signal is supplied to the ithemission control line Ei, and is turned on otherwise.

The seventh transistor T7 is connected between the initialization powersource Vint and the anode electrode of the light emitting element OLED,i.e., between the initialization power source Vint and a second node N2.In addition, a gate electrode of the seventh transistor T7 is connectedto the (i−1)th scan line Si−1. The seventh transistor T7 is turned onwhen a scan signal is supplied to the (i−1)th scan line Si−1, to supplythe voltage of the initialization power source Vint to the anodeelectrode of the light emitting element OLED.

The storage capacitor Cst is connected between the first power voltageELVDD and the first node N1. The storage capacitor Cst stores a voltagecorresponding to the data signal and a threshold voltage of the firsttransistor T1.

FIG. 4A is a plan view illustrating in detail the one pixel shown inFIG. 3. FIG. 4B is a plan view illustrating only a power line in thepixel of FIG. 4A. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A′of FIG. 4A. Based on a first pixel PXL1 disposed on an ith row and a jthcolumn in the first display region, two scan lines, one emission controlline, one power line, and two data lines adjacent to each other, whichare connected to the first pixel PXL1, are illustrated in FIGS. 4A, 4B,and 5.

In FIGS. 4A, 4B and 5, for convenience of description, in lines providedto the first pixel PXL1, among the two scan lines to which a scan signalis applied, a scan line on an (i−1)th row is designated as an “(i−1)thscan line SL2,” and a scan line on the ith row is designated as an “ithscan line SL1.” In addition, an emission control line on the ith row, towhich an emission control signal is applied, is designated as an“emission control line EL,” a data line on the jth column, to which adata signal is applied, is designated as a “data line DL1,” and aninitialization power line to which the initialization power source Vintis applied is designated as an “initialization power line IPL.”

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUB, a line unit,and a first pixel PXL1.

The substrate SUB may include a transparent insulating material toenable light to be transmitted therethrough. The substrate SUB may be arigid substrate or a flexible substrate. In an exemplary embodiment, therigid substrate may include a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, aglass ceramic substrate, and a crystalline glass substrate, for example.In an exemplary embodiment, the flexible substrate may include a filmsubstrate and a plastic substrate, which include an organic polymermaterial, for example. In an exemplary embodiment, the flexiblesubstrate may include at least one of polyethersulfone (“PES”),polyacrylate (“PA”), polyetherimide (“PEI”), polyethylene naphthalate(“PEN”), polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”), polyphenylene sulfide(“PPS”), polyarylate (“PAR”), polyimide (“PI”), polycarbonate (“PC”),triacetate cellulose (“TAC”), and cellulose acetate propionate (“CAP”),for example. In an exemplary embodiment, the flexible substrate mayinclude fiber glass reinforced plastic (“FRP”), for example.

The material applied to the substrate SUB may preferably have resistance(or heat resistance) against high processing temperature in amanufacturing process of the display device. In an exemplary embodimentof the invention, the whole or at least a portion of the substrate SUBmay have flexibility.

The line unit may include scan lines SL1, SL2, a data line DL1, anemission control line EL, a power line PL, and an initialization powerline IPL.

The scan lines SL1 and SL2 may extend in a first direction DR1. The scanlines SL1 and SL2 may include an ith scan line SL1 and an (i−1)th scanline SL2, which are sequentially arranged along a second direction DR2intersecting the first direction DR1. A scan signal may be applied tothe scan lines SL1 and SL2. In an exemplary embodiment, an (i−1)th scansignal may be applied to the (i−1)th scan line SL2, and an ith scansignal may be applied to the ith scan line SL1, for example. In anexemplary embodiment of the invention, the (i−1)th scan line SL2 maybranch off into two lines, and the branching-off (i−1)th scan lines SL2may be respectively connected to transistors different from each other.

The emission control line EL may extend in the first direction DR1, andbe disposed to be spaced apart from the ith scan line SL1 in the seconddirection DR2. An emission control signal may be applied to the emissioncontrol line EL.

The data line DL1 may extend in the second direction DR2, and adjacentdata lines DL1 may be sequentially arranged along the first directionDR1. A data signal may be applied to the data line DL.

The power line PL may include an additional power line APL, a firstpower line PL1, and a second power line PL2. The additional power lineAPL, the first power line PL1, and the second power line PL2 may beelectrically connected to each other. The additional power line APL mayextend along the first direction DR1, the first power line PL1 mayextend along the second direction DR2, and the second power line PL2 mayextend along the first and second directions DR1 and DR2. In a planview, the additional power line APL, the first power line PL1, and thesecond power line PL2 may overlap with each other. A first power voltage(refer to ELVDD of FIG. 3) may be applied to the second power line PL2.Since the second power line PL2 is electrically connected to the firstpower line PL1, the first power voltage ELVDD may be applied to thefirst power line PL1. Also, since the first power line PL1 iselectrically connected to the additional power line APL, the first powervoltage ELVDD may be applied to the additional power line APL.

The initialization power line IPL may extend along the first directionDR1, and be provided between the (i−1)th scan line SL2 and an emissioncontrol line EL on a first pixel on the next row. An initializationpower source Vint (refer to FIG. 3) may be applied to the initializationpower line IPL.

The first pixel PXL1 may include first to seventh transistors T1 to T7,a storage capacitor Cst, and a light emitting element OLED.

The first transistor T1 may include a first gate electrode GE, a firstactive pattern ACT1, a first source electrode SE, a first drainelectrode DE1, and a first contact part CNL1.

The first gate electrode GET may be connected to a third drain electrodeDE3 of the third transistor T3 and a fourth drain electrode DE4 of thefourth transistor T4 through the first contact part CNL1. One end of thefirst contact part CNL1 may be connected to the first gate electrode GETthrough a first contact hole CH1, and the other end of the contact partCNL1 may be connected to the third drain electrode DE3 and the fourthdrain electrode DE4 through a second contact hole CH2.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first active patternACT1, the first source electrode SE1, and the first drain electrode DETmay include a semiconductor layer undoped or doped with an impurity. Inan exemplary embodiment, the first source electrode SE1 and the firstdrain electrode DE may include a semiconductor layer doped with theimpurity, and the first active pattern ACT1 may include a semiconductorlayer undoped with the impurity, for example.

The first active pattern ACT1 has a bar shape extending in apredetermined direction, and may have a shape in which it is bent pluraltimes along the extending direction. In a plan view, the first activepattern ACT1 may overlap with the first gate electrode GE. As the firstactive pattern ACT1 is provided long, a channel region of the firsttransistor T1 may be provided long. Thus, the driving range of a gatevoltage applied to the first transistor T1 is widened. Accordingly, thegray scale of light emitted from the light emitting element OLED may beminutely controlled.

The first source electrode SE1 may be connected to one end of the firstactive pattern ACT1. The first source electrode SE1 may be connected toa second drain electrode DE2 of the second transistor T2 and a fifthdrain electrode DE5 of the fifth transistor T5.

The first drain electrode DE1 may be connected to the other end of thefirst active pattern ACT1. The first drain electrode DE1 may beconnected to a third source electrode SE3 of the third transistor T3 anda sixth source electrode SE6 of the sixth transistor T6.

The second transistor T2 may include a second gate electrode GE2, asecond active pattern ACT2, and a second source electrode SE2, and thesecond drain electrode DE2.

The second gate electrode GE2 may be connected to the ith scan line SL1.The second gate electrode GE2 may be provided as a portion of the ithscan line SL1 or may be provided in a shape protruding from the ith scanline SL1.

The second active pattern ACT2 may include a semiconductor layer undopedwith the impurity. In a plan view, the second active pattern ACT2 mayoverlap with the second gate electrode GE2.

One end of the second source electrode SE2 may be connected to thesecond active pattern ACT2, and the other end of the second sourceelectrode SE2 may be connected to the data line DL1 through a fifthcontact hole CH5.

One end of the second drain electrode DE2 may be connected to the secondactive pattern ACT2, and the other end of the second drain electrode DE2may be connected to the first source electrode SE1 of the firsttransistor T1 and the fifth drain electrode DE5 of the fifth transistorT5.

The third transistor T3 may be provided in a double gate structure so asto prevent a leakage current. That is, the third transistor T3 mayinclude a 3 ath transistor T3 a and a 3 bth transistor T3 b. The 3 athtransistor T3 a may include a 3 ath gate electrode GE3 a, a 3 ath activepattern ACT3 a, a 3 ath source electrode SE3 a, and a 3 ath drainelectrode DE3 a. The 3 bth transistor T3 b may include a 3 bth gateelectrode GE3 b, a 3 bth active pattern ACT3 b, a 3 bth source electrodeSE3 b, and a 3 bth drain electrode DE3 b. In an exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, for convenience of description, the 3 ath gate electrodeGE3 a and the 3 bth gate electrode GE3 b are referred to as a third gateelectrode GE3, the 3 ath active pattern ACT3 a and the 3 bth activepattern ACT3 b are referred to as a third active pattern ACT3, the 3 athsource electrode SE3 a and the 3 bth source electrode SE3 b are referredto as the third source electrode SE3, and the 3 ath drain electrode DE3a and the 3 bth drain electrode DE3 b are referred to as the third drainelectrode DE3.

The third gate electrode GE3 may be connected to the ith scan line SL1.The third gate electrode GE3 may be provided as a portion of the ithscan line SL1 or may be provided in a shape protruding from the ith scanline SL1.

The third active pattern ACT3 may include a semiconductor layer undopedwith the impurity. In a plan view, the third active pattern ACT3 mayoverlap with the third gate electrode GE3.

One end of the third source electrode SE3 may be connected to the thirdactive pattern ACT3. The other end of the third source electrode SE3 maybe connected to the first drain electrode DE1 of the first transistor T1and the sixth source electrode SE6 of the sixth transistor T6.

One end of the third drain electrode DE3 may be connected to the thirdactive pattern ACT3. The other end of the third drain electrode DE3 maybe connected to the fourth drain electrode DE4 of the fourth transistorT4 and the first gate electrode GE1 of the first transistor T1.

The fourth transistor T4 may be provided in a double gate structure soas to prevent a leakage current. That is, the fourth transistor T4 mayinclude a 4 ath transistor T4 a and a 4 bth transistor T4 b. The 4 athtransistor T4 a may include a 4 ath gate electrode GE4 a, a 4 ath activepattern ACT4 a, a 4 ath source electrode SE4 a, and a 4 ath drainelectrode DE4 a, and the 4 bth transistor T4 b may include a 4 bth gateelectrode GE4 b, a 4 bth active pattern ACT4 b, a 4 bth source electrodeSE4 b, and a 4 bth drain electrode DE4 b. In an exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, for convenience of description, the 4 ath gate electrodeGE4 a and the 4 bth gate electrode GE4 b are referred to as a fourthgate electrode GE4, the 4 ath active pattern ACT4 a and the 4 bth activepattern ACT4 b are referred to as a fourth active pattern ACT4, the 4ath source electrode SE4 a and the 4 bth source electrode SE4 b arereferred to as a fourth source electrode SE4, and the 4 ath drainelectrode DE4 a and the 4 bth drain electrode DE4 b are referred to asthe fourth drain electrode DE4.

The fourth gate electrode GE4 may be connected to the (i−1)th scan lineSL2. The fourth gate electrode GE4 may be provided as a portion of the(i−1)th scan line SL2 or may be provided in a shape protruding from the(i−1)th scan line SL2.

The fourth active pattern ACT4 may include a semiconductor layer undopedwith the impurity. In a plan view, the fourth active pattern ACT4 mayoverlap with the fourth gate electrode GE4.

One end of the fourth source electrode SE4 may be connected to thefourth active pattern ACT4. The other end of the fourth source electrodeSE4 may be connected to a seventh drain electrode DE7 of a seventhtransistor T7 and the initialization power line IPL. A third contactpart CNL3 may be provided between the fourth source electrode SE4 andthe initialization power line IPL. One end of the third contact partCNL3 may be connected to the fourth source electrode SE4 through a sixthcontact hole CH6. The other end of the third contact part CNL3 may beconnected to the initialization power line IPL through a seventh contacthole CH7.

One end of the fourth drain electrode DE4 may be connected to the fourthactive pattern ACT4, and the other end of the fourth drain electrode DE4may be connected to the third drain electrode DE3 of the thirdtransistor T3 and the first gate electrode GE1 of the first transistorT1.

The fifth transistor T5 may include a fifth gate electrode GE5, a fifthactive pattern ACT5, a fifth source electrode SE5, and the fifth drainelectrode DE5.

The fifth gate electrode GE5 may be connected to the emission controlline EL. The fifth gate electrode GE5 may be provided as a portion ofthe emission control line EL or may be provided in a shape protrudingfrom the emission control line EL.

The fifth active pattern ACT5 may include a semiconductor layer undopedwith the impurity. In a plan view, the fifth active pattern ACT5 mayoverlap with the fifth gate electrode GE5.

One end of the fifth source electrode SE5 may be connected to the fifthactive pattern ACT5. The other end of the fifth source electrode SE5 maybe connected to the first power line PL1 through a fifth contact holeCH5.

One end of the fifth drain electrode DE5 may be connected to the fifthactive pattern ACT5. The other end of the fifth drain electrode DE5 maybe connected to the first source electrode SE1 of the first transistorT1 and the second drain electrode DE2 of the second transistor T2.

The sixth transistor T6 may include a sixth gate electrode GE6, a sixthactive pattern ACT6, the sixth source electrode SE6, and a sixth drainelectrode DE6.

The sixth gate electrode GE6 may be connected to the emission controlline EL. The sixth gate electrode GE6 may be provided as a portion ofthe emission control line EL or may be provided in a shape protrudingfrom the emission control line EL.

The sixth active pattern ACT6 may include a semiconductor layer undopedwith the impurity. In a plan view, the sixth active pattern ACT6 mayoverlap with the sixth gate electrode GE6.

One end of the sixth source electrode SE6 may be connected to the sixthactive pattern ACT6. The other end of the sixth source electrode SE6 maybe connected to the first drain electrode DE1 of the first transistor T1and the third source electrode SE3 of the third transistor T3.

One end of the sixth drain electrode DE6 may be connected to the sixthactive pattern ACT6. The other end of the sixth drain electrode DE6 maybe connected to a seventh source electrode SE7 of a seventh transistorT7 of a first pixel PXL1 in the previous row.

The seventh transistor T7 may include a seventh gate electrode GE7, aseventh active pattern ACT7, the seventh source electrode SE7, and aseventh drain electrode DE7.

The seventh gate electrode GE7 may be connected to the (i−1)th scan lineSL2. The seventh gate electrode GE7 may be provided as a portion of the(i−1)th scan line SL2 or may be provided in a shape protruding from the(i−1)th scan line SL2.

The seventh active pattern ACT7 may include a semiconductor layerundoped with the impurity. In a plan view, the seventh active patternACT7 may overlap with the seventh gate electrode GE7.

One end of the seventh source electrode SE7 may be connected to theseventh active pattern ACT7. The other end of the seventh sourceelectrode SE7 may be connected to the sixth drain electrode DE6 of thesixth transistor T6.

One end of the seventh drain electrode DE7 may be connected to theseventh active pattern ACT7. The other end of the seventh drainelectrode DE7 may be connected to the initialization power line IPL andthe fourth source electrode SE4 of the fourth transistor T4.

The storage capacitor Cst may include a lower electrode LE and an upperelectrode UE. The lower electrode LE may be configured as the first gateelectrode GE1 of the first transistor T1.

The upper electrode UE may overlap with the lower electrode LE. In aplan view, the upper electrode UE may cover the lower electrode LE. Asthe overlapping area of the upper electrode UE and the lower electrodeLE is widened, the capacitance of the storage capacitor Cst may beincreased. The upper electrode UE may extend in the first direction DR1.In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the upper electrode UE maybe the additional power line APL. Therefore, a voltage having the samelevel as that of the first power voltage ELVDD may be applied to theupper electrode UE. An opening OPN may be defined in the upper electrodeUE in a region including the first contact hole CH1 through which thefirst gate electrode GE1 and the first contact part CNL1 are connectedto each other.

The light emitting element OLED may include a first electrode EL1, asecond electrode EL2, and an emitting layer EML provided between thefirst electrode EL1 and the second electrode EL2.

The first electrode EL1 may be provided in each first pixel PXL1. Thefirst electrode EL1 may be connected to the seventh source electrode SE7of the seventh transistor T7 and the sixth drain electrode DE6 of thesixth transistor T6 through eighth to tenth contact holes CH8 to CH10. Asecond contact part CNL2 and a bridge pattern BRP may be providedbetween the eighth to tenth contact holes CH8 to CH10 to allow the sixthdrain electrode DE6 and the seventh source electrode SE7 to be connectedto the first electrode EL1.

Hereinafter, a structure of the display device according to theexemplary embodiment of the invention will be described along a stackingorder with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 may be provided on thesubstrate SUB. The first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 mayinclude a semiconductor material.

A buffer layer (not shown) may be disposed between the substrate SUB andthe first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7. The buffer layer mayprevent an impurity from being diffused into the first to seventhtransistors T1 to T7. The buffer layer may be provided in a singlelayer, but be provided in a multi-layer including at least two layers.When the buffer layer is provided in the multi-layer, the layers mayinclude the same material or include different materials. The bufferlayer may be omitted according to the material and process conditions ofthe substrate SUB.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB on whichthe first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 are provided. The gateinsulating layer GI may be an inorganic layer including an inorganicmaterial. In an exemplary embodiment, the gate insulating layer GI mayinclude at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and siliconoxynitride, for example.

The ith scan line SL1, the (i−1)th scan line SL2, the emission controlline EL, and the first to seventh gate electrode GE1 to GE7 may bedisposed on the gate insulating layer GI. The first gate electrode GE1may become the lower electrode LE of the storage capacitor Cst. Thesecond gate electrode GE2 and the third gate electrode GE3 may beunitary with the ith scan line SL1. The fourth gate electrode GE4 andthe seventh gate electrode GE7 may be unitary with the (i−1)th scan lineSL2. The fifth gate electrode GE5 and the sixth gate electrode GE6 maybe unitary with the emission control line EL.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the scan lines SL1 and SL2 and the like are provided. The firstinter-insulating layer ILD1 may include the same material as that of thegate insulating layer GI.

The upper electrode UE of the storage capacitor Cst, the initializationpower line IPL, and the additional power line APL may be disposed on thefirst inter-insulating layer ILD1.

The upper electrode UE may cover the lower electrode LE. The upperelectrode UE along with the lower electrode LE may constitute thestorage capacitor Cst with the first inter-insulating layer ILD1interposed therebetween.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be disposed on the substrateSUB on which the additional power line APL and the like are disposed.

The data line DL1, the first power line PL1, and the first to thirdcontact parts CNL1 to CNL3 may be disposed on the secondinter-insulating layer ILD2.

The data line DL1 may be connected to the second source electrode SE2through the fifth contact hole CH5 sequentially passing through the gateinsulating layer GI and the first and second inter-insulating layersILD1 and ILD2.

The first power line PL1 may be connected to the upper electrode UE ofthe storage capacitor Cst and the additional power line APL through athird contact hole CH3 passing through the second inter-insulating layerILD2. Also, the first power line PL1 may be connected to the fifthsource electrode SE5 through a fourth contact hole CH4 sequentiallypassing through the gate insulating layer GI and the first and secondinter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2.

The first contact part CNL1 may be connected to the first gate electrodeGET through the first contact hole CH1 sequentially passing through thefirst and second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2. Also, the firstcontact part CNL1 may be connected to the third drain electrode DE3 andthe fourth drain electrode DE4 through the second contact hole CH2sequentially passing through the gate insulating layer GI and the firstand second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2.

The second contact part CNL2 may be a conductive pattern provided as amedium connecting the sixth drain electrode DE6 to the first electrodeEL1 between the sixth drain electrode DE6 and the first electrode EL1.The second contact part CNL2 may be connected to the sixth drainelectrode DE6 and the seventh source electrode SE7 through the eighthcontact hole CH8 sequentially passing through the gate insulating layerGI and the first and second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2.

The third contact part CNL3 may be connected to the initialization powerline IPL through the seventh contact hole CH7 passing through the secondinter-insulating layer ILD2. Also, the third contact part CNL3 may beconnected to the fourth source electrode SE4 and the seventh drainelectrode DE7 through the sixth contact hole CH6 sequentially passingthrough the gate insulating layer GI and the first and secondinter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the data line DL1 and the like are disposed. The thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3 may be an inorganic insulating layerincluding an inorganic material or an organic insulating layer includingan organic material. The third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may beprovided in a single layer as shown in the drawing. However, theinvention is not limited thereto, and the third inter-insulating layerILD3 may be provided in a multi-layer. When the third inter-insulatinglayer ILD3 is provided in the multi-layer, the third inter-insulatinglayer ILD3 may have a structure in which a plurality of inorganicinsulating layers and a plurality of organic insulating layers arealternately stacked. In an exemplary embodiment, the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3 may have a structure in which a firstorganic insulating layer, an inorganic insulating layer, and a secondorganic insulating layer are sequentially stacked, for example.

The bridge pattern BRP and the second power line PL2 may be provided onthe third inter-insulating layer ILD3.

The bridge pattern BRP may be connected to the second contact part CNL2through the ninth contact hole CH9 passing through the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

The second power line PL2 may be connected to the first power line PL1through an eleventh contact hole CH11 passing through the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV may be disposed on the substrate SUB on which thebridge pattern BRP and the like are disposed.

The first electrode EL1 may be disposed on the protective layer PSV. Thefirst electrode EL1 may be connected to the bridge pattern BRP throughthe tenth contact hole CH10 passing through the protective layer PSV.Since the bridge pattern BRP is connected to the second contact partCNL2 through the ninth contact hole CH9, the first electrode EL1 may befinally connected to the sixth drain electrode DE6 and the seventhsource electrode SE7 through the bridge pattern BRP and the secondcontact part CNL2.

A pixel defining layer PDL that defines a light emitting region tocorrespond to each first pixel PXL1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the first electrode EL1 is disposed. The pixel defining layerPDL may expose a top surface of the first electrode EL1 and protrudefrom the substrate SUB along the circumference of the first pixel PXL1.

The emitting layer EML may be disposed on the first electrode EL1surrounded by the pixel defining layer PDL, and the second electrode EL2may be disposed on the emitting layer EML.

The pixel defining layer PDL may include an organic insulating material.In an exemplary embodiment, the pixel defining layer PDL may include atleast one of polystyrene, polymethylmethacrylate (“PMMA”),polyacrylonitrile (“PAN”), PA, PI, polyarylether (“PAE”), heterocyclicpolymer, parylene, epoxy, benzocyclobutene (“BCB”), siloxane basedresin, and silane based resin, for example.

The emitting layer EML may be disposed on the exposed surface of thefirst electrode EL1. The emitting layer EML may have a multi-layeredthin film structure including at least a light generation layer (“LGL”).In an exemplary embodiment, the emitting layer EML may include a holeinjection layer (“HIL”) for injecting holes, a hole transport layer(“HTL”) having an excellent hole transporting property, the HTL forincreasing the opportunity for holes and electrons to be re-combined bysuppressing the movement of electrons that fail to be combined in theLGL, the LGL for emitting light through the re-combination of theinjected electrons and holes, a hole blocking layer (“HBL”) forsuppressing the movement of holes that fail to be combined in the LGL,an electron transport layer (“ETL”) smoothly transporting electrons tothe LGL, and an electron injection layer (“EIL”) for injectingelectrons, for example.

In an exemplary embodiment, the color of light generated in the LGL maybe one of red, green, blue, and white, for example, but the invention isnot limited thereto. In an exemplary embodiment, the color of lightgenerated in the LGL may also be one of magenta, cyan, and yellow, forexample.

The HIL, HTL, HBL, ETL, and EIL may be common layers connected inadjacent light emitting regions.

A thin film encapsulation layer TFE that covers the second electrode EL2may be provided over the second electrode EL2.

The thin film encapsulation layer TFE may prevent oxygen and moisturefrom penetrating into the light emitting element OLED. The thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be provided in a single layer, but beprovided in a multi-layer. The thin film encapsulation layer TFE mayinclude a plurality of insulating layers that cover the light emittingelement OLED. Specifically, the thin film encapsulation layer TFE mayinclude a plurality of inorganic layers and a plurality of organiclayers. In an exemplary embodiment, the thin film encapsulation layerTFE may have a structure in which the inorganic layers and the organiclayers are alternately stacked, for example. In an exemplary embodiment,the thin film encapsulation layer TFE may be an encapsulation substratethat is disposed on the light emitting element OLED and is joined withthe substrate SUB through a sealant.

The display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention may include a touch sensor TS provided on the thin filmencapsulation layer TFE. The touch sensor TS may be disposed on asurface of the substrate SUB in the direction in which an image isemitted, to receive a touch input of a user. The touch sensor TS mayrecognize a touch event from the display device through a finger of auser or a separate input means.

The touch sensor TS may be driven using a mutual capacitance method. Inthe mutual capacitance method, a change in capacitance, caused by aninteraction between two touch sensing electrodes, is sensed. Inaddition, the touch sensor TS may be driven using a self-capacitancemethod. In the self-capacitance method, when a user touches a region, achange in capacitance of a sensing electrode in the touched region issensed using touch sensing electrodes arranged in a matrix shape andsensing lines connected to the respective sensing electrodes.

The touch sensor TS may include the touch sensing electrodes, sensinglines connected to the touch sensing electrodes, and a pad unitconnected to end portions of the sensing lines.

A window (not shown) for protecting an exposed surface of the touchsensor TS may be provided on the touch sensor TS. The window allows animage from the substrate SUB to be transmitted therethrough andsimultaneously reduces impact from the outside, so that it is possibleto prevent the display device from being damaged or erroneously operateddue to the impact from the outside.

As described above, in an exemplary embodiment of the invention, thepower line PL may include the additional power line APL, the first powerline PL1, and the second power line PL2.

The additional power line APL and the first and second power lines PL1and PL2 may be provided in layers different from each other. In anexemplary embodiment, the second power line PL2 may be provided on thefirst power line PL1 with the third inter-insulating layer ILD3interposed therebetween, and the first power line PL1 may be provided onthe additional power line APL with the second inter-insulating layerILD2 interposed therebetween, for example.

The first power line PL1 may extend and may be connected to theadditional power line APL through the third contact hole CH3.Accordingly, the additional power line APL and the first power line PL1may be electrically connected to each other. The second power line PL2may extend and may be connected to the first power line PL1 through theeleventh contact hole CH11. Accordingly, the first power line PL1 andthe second power line PL2 may be electrically connected to each other.Consequently, the additional power line APL and the first and secondpower lines PL1 and PL2 may be electrically connected to each other. Asthe first power voltage ELVDD is supplied to the second power line PL2,the first power voltage ELVDD may also be supplied to the additionalpower line APL and the first power line PL1.

In a plan view, the second power line PL2 may include a first part PL2 athat extends along the first direction DR1 and overlaps with theadditional power line APL and a second part PL2 b that extends along thesecond direction DR2 and overlaps with the first power line PL1. Inaddition, the PL2 may include a third part PL2 c in which the first partPL2 a and the second part PL2 b overlap. The first part PL2 a, thesecond part PL2 b, and the third part PL2 c may be provided integrally.In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first part PL2 a may beprovided in common to pixels (not shown) adjacent to the first pixelPXL1 along the first direction DR1. The second part PL2 b may beprovided in common to pixels adjacent to the first pixel PXL1 along thesecond direction DR2. Due to a structural characteristic of the secondpower line PL2 including the first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b,and the third part PL2 c, the second power line PL2 may be provided in amesh form on the substrate SUB. The first power voltage ELVDD issupplied to the second power line PL2 disposed in the mesh form on thesubstrate SUB. Thus, the first power voltage ELVDD may be uniformlysupplied to each pixel PXL of the display device. Accordingly, thedisplay device may realize a uniform luminance throughout the entiredisplay region (refer to DAT to DA5 of FIG. 1).

FIG. 6A is an enlarged plan view of portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 6Bis a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 6A.

In FIG. 6A, an arrangement relationship of the components arranged inthe non-display region, e.g., the fan-out lines, the first and seconddriving voltage lines, the driving unit, and the like will be mainlyillustrated for convenience of description.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 6A, and 6B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, a line unit connected to the pixels PXL.

The pixels PXL may be arranged in a matrix form. In an exemplaryembodiment, the pixels PXL may constitute a plurality of pixel rows anda plurality of pixel columns in the first display region DAT, the seconddisplay region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth displayregion DA4, and the fifth display region DA5, for example. The pixelrows may include a plurality of pixels PXL arranged in a first directionDR1, to have a shape extending in the first direction DR1. The pixelrows may be arranged in a second direction DR2. The pixel columns mayinclude a plurality of pixels PXL arranged in the second direction DR2,to have a shape extending in the second direction DR2. The pixel columnsmay be arranged in the first direction DR1. In an exemplary embodimentof the invention, a case where the pixels PXL are arranged in a matrixform is illustrated as an example. However, the invention is not limitedthereto, and the pixels PXL may be arranged in various shapes.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the pixels PXL may includefirst pixels PXL1 arranged in the first display region DA1, secondpixels PXL2 arranged in the second display region DA2, third pixels PXL3arranged in the third display region DA3, fourth pixels PXL4 arranged inthe fourth display region DA4, and fifth pixels PXL5 arranged in thefifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 has a plurality of short sides and a pairof long sides, and may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1 and atleast one (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2may be disposed at both sides of the (1-1)th display region DA1_1, whichare opposite to each other, in the second direction DR2.

The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may include a first region DA1_2 aincluding a curved line connecting two adjacent linear sides and asecond region DA1_2 b except the first region DA1_2 a. The first regionDA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The(1-2)th display region DA1_2 may have a shape of which a width decreasesas it becomes farther from the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in thesecond direction DR2. In an exemplary embodiment, the (1-2)th displayregion DA1_2 may have a shape of which a width decreases as it becomesfarther from the (1-1)th display region DA1_l, for example. Accordingly,in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a case where the (1-2)thdisplay region DA1_2 includes corner portions having a round shape isillustrated as an example, but the invention is not limited thereto. Inan exemplary embodiment, the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may have atrapezoidal shape due to corner portions including inclined linear sidesor have a step shape due to corner portions having stepped portions.

For convenience of description, only one side portion of the substrateSUB is illustrated in FIG. 6A, but the other side portion may beprovided in the substantially same manner such that the shape of thesubstrate SUB is bilaterally symmetrical. Here, it is unnecessary thatthe length of the pixel rows of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2decrease at the same rate (or the numbers of first pixels PXL1 arrangedon the pixel rows decrease at the same rate) as they become farther fromthe (1-1)th display region DA1_1. The number of first pixels PXL1arranged on each pixel row of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may bevariously changed.

The third display region DA3 may be a display region that is foldabletoward the outside of the first display region DA1 along a secondfolding line FL2, and the third pixels PXL3 may be provided in the thirddisplay region DA3.

The fourth display region DA4 may be a display region that is foldabletoward the outside of the first display region DA1 along a third foldingline FL3, and the fourth pixels PXL4 may be provided in the fourthdisplay region DA4.

The non-display region NDA may be a region in which the pixels PXL arenot provided. A driving voltage line DVL, a data driver DDV, a drivingunit, and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display regionNDA.

The driving voltage line DVL may include a first driving voltage lineDVL1 and a second driving voltage line DVL2. The first driving voltageline DVL1 may apply a first power voltage (refer to ELVDD of FIG. 3) tothe pixels PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 may apply asecond power voltage (refer to ELVSS of FIG. 3) to the pixels PXL.

In a plan view, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be disposed inthe non-display region NDA to correspond to only an outside of the thirddisplay region DA3. The first driving voltage line DVL1 may beelectrically connected to a second power line PL2 connected to the thirdpixels PXL3 to apply the first power voltage ELVDD to the third pixelsPXL3.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 may be disposed at the outermostportion of the non-display region NDA. In an exemplary embodiment, thesecond driving voltage line DVL2 may be disposed in the non-displayregion NDA to surround the first display region DA1, the second displayregion DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4,and the fifth display region DA5, for example.

The data driver DDV may provide a data signal to each of the pixels PXLthrough the fan-out line unit. The data driver DDV may be disposed alongthe width direction (e.g., the first direction DR1) of the first displayregion DA1 in the non-display region NDA.

The driving unit may be provided between the second driving voltage lineDVL2 and the fan-out line unit. The driving unit may include a circuitdriver CDV including a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to thepixels PXL and an emission control driver for supplying an emissioncontrol signal to the pixels PXL, and a signal line unit WLP connectedto the circuit driver CDV. The signal line unit WLP may include aplurality of lines electrically connected to the transistor. In anexemplary embodiment, the lines may include a clock signal line forsupplying a clock signal, and the like, for example. In the followingembodiment, for convenience of description, a case where the signal lineunit WLP is a clock signal line is illustrated as an example.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a first fan-out line FFOLthat electrically connect the data driver DDV (refer to FIG. 1) to thefourth pixels PXL4 disposed on pixel columns of the fourth displayregion DA4. One end of the first fan-out line FFOL may be connected to adata line DL connected to each of the pixel columns on which the fourthpixels PXL4 are provided. In addition, the other end of the firstfan-out line FFOL may be connected to the data driver DDV. Therefore, adata signal from the data driver DDV may be applied to the fourth pixelPXL4 through the first fan-out line FFOL. The first fan-out line FFOLmay substantially extend along a diagonal direction intersecting withthe first direction DR1 and the second direction DR2. As at least aportion of the first fan-out line FFOL is bent, the first fan-out lineFFOL may extend in a direction inclined with respect to the seconddirection DR2. At least a portion of the first fan-out line FFOL mayinclude a curve part having a predetermined curvature.

The first fan-out line FFOL may include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1and a (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2, which are alternately disposed. The(1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may beprovided in layers different from each other.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on a pixel column extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 from a corner portion of the (1-2)thdisplay region DA1_2. One end of the second fan-out line SFOL may beconnected to a data line connected to each of the pixel columns on whichthe first pixels PXL1 are provided. In addition, the other end of thesecond fan-out line SFOL may be connected to the data driver DDV.Therefore, a data signal from the data driver DDV may be applied to thefirst pixels PXL1 of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 through the secondfan-out line SFOL.

The fan-out line unit may include a third fan-out line TFOL thatconnects the data driver DDV to the third pixels PXL3 disposed on pixelcolumns of the third display region DA3. One end of the third fan-outline TFOL may be connected to a data line DL connected to each of thepixel columns on which the third pixels PXL3 are provided. In addition,the other end of the third fan-out line TFOL may be connected to thedata driver DDV Therefore, a data signal from the data driver DDV may beapplied to the third pixels PXL3 through the third fan-out line TFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the data line DL connectedto the third pixels PXL3 may extend to the first display region DA alongthe second direction DR2. That is, the third pixels PXL3 may share thesame data line DL with the first pixels PXL1 disposed on the same pixelcolumn. Therefore, the third fan-out line TFOL may apply the data signalfrom the data driver DDV to not only the third pixels PXL3 but also thefirst pixels PXL1 disposed on the same column as the third pixels PXL3.In addition, the second power line PL2 connected to the third pixelsPXL3 may extend to the first display region DA along the seconddirection DR2. Therefore, the third pixels PXL3 may share the samesecond power line PL2 with the first pixels PXL1 disposed on the samepixel column.

The second driving voltage line DLV2 may have a fourth width d4 in thenon-display region NDA, the driving unit including the signal line unitWLP and the circuit driver CDV may have a third width d3 in thenon-display region NDA to correspond to the outside of the third displayregion DA3, the first fan-out line block FOLB1 may have a second widthd2 in the non-display region NDA, and the second fan-out line blockFOLB2 may have a first width d1 in the non-display region NDA. In anexemplary embodiment of the invention, the first to fourth widths d1 tod4 may be different from one another. In an exemplary embodiment, thesecond width d2 may be largest, for example.

In a plan view, the second driving voltage line DVL2, the driving unit,and the first and second fan-out line blocks FOLB1 and FOLB2 may notoverlap with each other.

As described above, the third pixels PXL3 may be supplied with the firstpower voltage ELVDD through the second power line PL2 connected to thefirst driving voltage line DVL1. As the first power voltage ELVDD issupplied to the third pixels PXL3, the first power voltage ELVDD mayalso be supplied to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on the same pixelcolumn as the third pixels PXL3.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the third pixels PXL3 andthe first pixels PXL1, which are disposed on the same pixel column, mayshare the same second power line PL2.

In each pixel PXL, the second power line PL2, as shown in FIG. 4A, mayinclude a first part PL2 a extending in the first direction DR1, asecond part PL2 b extending in the second direction DR2, and a thirdpart PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the second part PL2 boverlap. The first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the third partPL2 c may be provided integrally. Due to a structural characteristic ofthe second power line PL2, a second power line PL2 disposed in one pixelPXL and a second power line PL2 disposed in a pixel adjacent to the onepixel PXL may be electrically connected to each other. Accordingly, thefirst power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to the one pixel PXLand the pixel PXL adjacent thereto.

Thus, although only the second power line PL2 connected to the thirdpixels PXL3 is connected to the first driving voltage line DVL1, thefirst power voltage ELVDD may be supplied to the first display regionDA1, the second display region DA2, the third display region DA3, thefourth display region DA4, and the fifth display region DA5 due to astructural characteristic of the second power line PL2 including thefirst part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the third part PL2 c.Accordingly, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first drivingvoltage line DVL1 may be uniformly supplied to the first display regionDA1, the second display region DA2, the third display region DA3, thefourth display region DA4, and the fifth display region DA5.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be disposed in the non-display region NDA to correspond toan outside of the third display region DA3. Therefore, the first drivingvoltage line DVL1 may directly apply the first power voltage ELVDD tothe third pixels PXL3 of the third display region DA3 through the secondpower line PL2. In addition, the first power voltage ELVDD may bedirectly applied to some first pixels PXL1 that share the same secondpower line PL2 with the third pixels PXL3. The first power voltage ELVDDmay be applied to the other pixels PXL except the third pixels PXL3 andthe some first pixels PXL1 due to an electrical connection relationshipof the second power lines PL2 provided to the respective pixels PXL.

As described above, although the first power voltage ELVDD is applied toonly a specific pixel PXL as the first driving voltage line DVL1 isdisposed in a specific region of the non-display region NDA, the firstpower voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to all of the pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 is disposed in the non-display region NDA tocorrespond to only a partial display region, so that the area occupiedby the first driving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA maybe decreased. Consequently, according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may beminimized.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

As shown in the drawings, the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bedisposed on the first inter-insulating layer ILD1 not to overlap withthe (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1, but the invention is not limitedthereto. In an exemplary embodiment, in a plan view, the (1-2)th fan-outline FFOL_2 may overlap with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1, forexample. In this case, the area occupied by the first fan-out line FFOLin the non-display region NDA may be decreased. Accordingly, the area ofdead spaces in the non-display region NDA may be decreased.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the (1-1)th fan-out lineFFOL_1 and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be provided in layersdifferent from each other, but the invention is not limited thereto. Insome exemplary embodiments, the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and the(1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be provided in the same layer. Astructure in which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2 are provided in the same layer will be describedwith reference to FIG. 6H.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unit WLP may bedisposed on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2. The signal line unitWLP may be a clock signal line to which a clock signal is provided.Here, the second driving voltage line DVL2 may be provided in a singlelayer. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and the seconddriving voltage line DVL2 may be provided in a multi-layer.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unitWLP are disposed. The third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be providedin a single layer. However, the invention is not limited thereto, andthe third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be provided in a multi-layer.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondfan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL, and the second driving voltage lineDVL2 may be provided in layers different from one another. In anexemplary embodiment, among the second driving voltage line DVL2 and thefirst and second fan-out lines FFOL and SFOL, the second fan-out lineSFOL may be disposed in the uppermost layer on the substrate SUB, andthe first fan-out line FFOL may be disposed in the lowermost layer onthe substrate SUB, for example.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the (1-1)th fan-out lineFFOL_1 may be provided in the same layer as the scan lines SL1 and SL2connected to the pixels PXL, and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may beprovided in the same layer as the additional power line APL connected tothe pixels PXL. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and viceversa in another exemplary embodiment. That is, the (1-1)th fan-out lineFFOL_1 may be provided in the same layer as the additional power lineAPL, and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be provided in the samelayer as the scan lines SL1 and SL2. The second driving voltage lineDVL2 may be provided in the same layer as the first power line PL1connected to each pixel PXL. The second fan-out line SFOL may beprovided in the same layer as the second power line PL2 connected toeach pixel PXL.

FIG. 6C is an enlarged plan view of portion EA2 of FIG. 6A, FIG. 6D is across-sectional view taken along line C-C′ of FIG. 6C, and FIG. 6E is across-sectional view taken along line D-D′ of FIG. 6C.

Referring to FIGS. 6A and 6C to 6E, one data line DL disposed in thefourth display region DA4 may be electrically connected to one firstfan-out line FFOL disposed in the non-display region NDA. Specifically,the data line DL may be electrically connected to the first fan-out lineFFOL by a first contact electrode CNT1 disposed in the non-displayregion NDA.

The first contact electrode CNT1 may be a conductive pattern provided asa medium that connects the data line DL disposed in the fourth displayregion DA4 to the first fan-out line FFOL disposed in the non-displayregion NDA. One end of the first contact electrode CNT1 may extend andmay be connected to the data line DL through a first through-hole TH1.The other end of the first contact electrode CNT1 may extend and may beconnected to the first fan-out line FFOL through a second through-holeTH2. Accordingly, the data line DL and the first fan-out line FFOL maybe electrically connected to each other through the first contactelectrode CNT1.

The first fan-out line FFOL may include the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI of the substrate SUB.

The data line DL may be disposed on the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 withthe first and second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2 interposedtherebetween.

The first contact electrode CNT1 may be disposed on the data line DLwith the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 interposed therebetween. Oneend of the first contact electrode CNT1 may be connected to the dataline DL through the first through-hole TH1 passing through the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3. The other end of the first contactelectrode CNT1 may be connected to the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1through the second through-hole TH2 sequentially passing through thefirst to third inter-insulating layers ILD1 to ILD3.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 adjacent to the (1-1)th fan-out lineFFOL_1 may be disposed on the first inter-insulating layer ILD1 as shownin FIG. 6E. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be electricallyconnected to a corresponding data line DL of the fourth display regionDA4 through the first contact electrode CNT1.

One end of the first contact electrode CNT1 may be connected to the dataline DL through the first through-hole TH1 passing through the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3. The other end of the first contactelectrode CNT1 may be connected to the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2through the second through-hole TH2 sequentially passing through thesecond and third inter-insulating layers ILD2 and ILD3.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first contact electrodeCNT1 may be provided in the same layer as the second fan-out line SFOL,but the invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 6F is an enlarged plan view of portion EA3 of FIG. 6A, and FIG. 6Gis a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E′ of FIG. 6F.

Referring to FIGS. 6A, 6F, and 6G, a data line DL disposed at a firstregion DA1_2 a of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may be electricallyconnected to a corresponding second fan-out line SFOL disposed in thenon-display region NDA. Specifically, the data line DL may beelectrically connected to the second fan-out line SFOL by a secondcontact electrode CNT2 disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The second contact electrode CNT2 may be a conductive pattern providedas a medium that connects the data line DL to the second fan-out lineSFOL. One end of the second contact electrode CNT2 may extend and may beconnected to the data line DL through a third through-hole TH3. Theother end of the second contact electrode CNT2 may extend and may beconnected to the second fan-out line SFOL through a fourth through-holeTH4. Accordingly, the data line and the second fan-out line SFOL may beelectrically connected to each other through the second contactelectrode CNT2.

The second contact electrode CNT2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1 of the substrate SUB.

The data line DL may be disposed on the second contact electrode CNT2with the second inter-insulating layer ILD2 interposed therebetween.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the data line DL withthe third inter-insulating layer ILD3 interposed therebetween.

One end of the second contact electrode CNT2 may be connected to thedata line DL through the third through-hole TH3 passing through thesecond inter-insulating layer ILD2. The other end of the second contactelectrode CNT2 may be connected to the second fan-out line SFOL throughthe fourth through-hole TH4 sequentially passing through the second andthird inter-insulating layers ILD2 and IDL3. In an exemplary embodimentof the invention, the second contact electrode CNT2 may be provided inthe same layer as the additional power line (refer to APL of FIG. 4A)connected to first pixels PXL1 disposed at the first region DA1_2 a ofthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, but the invention is not limitedthereto.

FIG. 6H illustrates another form of the first fan-out line of FIG. 6B,which is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B′ of FIG. 6A. InFIG. 6H, portions different from those of the above-described embodimentwill be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 6H, a first fan-out line FFOL may bedisposed on the substrate SUB. The first fan-out line FFOL may bedisposed between the gate insulating layer GI and the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

The first fan-out line FFOL may be provided in the same layer as thescan lines (refer to SL1 and SL2 of FIG. 4A) connected to a pixel PXL.In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay be disposed on the gate insulating layer GI. However, the inventionis not limited thereto, and the first fan-out line FFOL may be disposedon the first inter-insulating layer ILD1. In this case, the firstfan-out line FFOL may be provided in the same layer as the additionalpower line (refer to APL of FIG. 4A) connected to the pixel PXL.

FIG. 7A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 7B is across-sectional view taken along line F-F′ of FIG. 7A. In FIGS. 7A and7B, portions different from those of the above-described embodiment willbe mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 7A, and 7B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLprovided on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may be arranged in a matrix form. In an exemplaryembodiment, the pixels PXL may constitute a plurality of pixel rows anda plurality of pixel columns in the first display region DAT, the seconddisplay region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth displayregion DA4, and the fifth display region DA5, for example. In anexemplary embodiment of the invention, the pixels PXL may include firstpixels PXL1 arranged in the first display region DA1, second pixels PXL2arranged in the second display region DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged inthe third display region DA3, fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourthdisplay region DA4, and fifth pixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth displayregion DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

A driving voltage line DVL, a driving unit, and a fan-out line unit maybe disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The driving voltage line DVL may include a first driving voltage lineDVL1 and a second driving voltage line DVL2.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to the pixels PXL. The first driving voltage line DVL1 may beprovided between the driving unit and the fan-out line unit. In a planview, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be disposed to surround atleast one side of the third display region DA3, at least one side of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2, and at least one side of the fourthdisplay region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may apply the first power voltage ELVDD to a correspondingpixel PXL through a second power line PL2. Specifically, the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 may apply the first power voltage ELVDD to thethird pixels PXL3 through a second power line PL2 connected to the thirdpixels PXL3. In this case, the first power voltage ELVDD may also beapplied to the first pixels PXL1 of the first display region DA1, whichare disposed on the same pixel column as the third pixels PXL3. Inaddition, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply the first powervoltage ELVDD to the fourth pixels PXL4 through a second power line PL2connected to the fourth pixels PXL4. Although not shown in the drawings,the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be electrically connected to asecond power line PL2 provided in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be applied to the first pixels PXL1 of the (1-2)th displayregion DA1_2.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 may apply a second power voltageELVSS to the pixels PXL. In a plan view, the second driving voltage lineDVL2 may be disposed to surround the first display region DA, the seconddisplay region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth displayregion DA4, and the fifth display region DA5 at the outermost portion ofthe non-display region NDA.

The driving unit may be provided between the second power line PL2 andthe fan-out line unit. The driving unit may include a circuit driver CDVand a signal line unit WLP connected to the circuit driver CDV.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a first fan-out lineFFOL. The first fan-out line FFOL may electrically connect a data driverDDV (refer to FIG. 1) to the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed on pixelcolumns of the fourth display region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on a pixel column extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 from the first region DA1_2 a of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The second fan-out line SFOL may overlapwith the first fan-out line FFOL in a plan view. As shown in thedrawings, the second fan-out line SFOL may partially overlap with thefirst fan-out line FFOL, but the invention is not limited thereto. In anexemplary embodiment, the second fan-out line SFOL and the first fan-outline FFOL may completely overlap with each other in a plan view.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL. Thethird fan-out line TFOL may electrically connect the data driver DDV tothe third pixels PXL3 disposed on pixel columns of the third displayregion DA3.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may apply the first power voltage ELVDD to each pixel PXLthrough a second power line PL2 corresponding to the pixel PXL. In eachpixel PXL, the second power line PL2, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, mayinclude a first part PL2 a extending in the first direction DR1, asecond part PL2 b extending in the second direction DR2, and a thirdpart PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the second part PL2 boverlap. The first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the third partPL2 c may be provided integrally. Due to a structural characteristic ofthe second power line PL2, a second power line PL2 disposed in one pixelPXL and a second power line PL2 disposed in a pixel adjacent to the onepixel PXL may be electrically connected to each other.

Accordingly, the first power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied tothe one pixel PXL and the pixel PXL adjacent thereto. Consequently, thefirst power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to each of thepixels PXL provided in the first display region DA1, the second displayregion DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4,and the fifth display region DA5.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The driving voltage line DVL and the signal line unit WLP may bedisposed on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the driving voltage line DVL and the like are disposed. Thethird inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be provided in a single layer.However, the invention is not limited thereto, and the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3 may be provided in a multi-layer.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondfan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL, and the driving voltage line DVL maybe provided in layers different from one another. In an exemplaryembodiment, among the driving voltage line DVL and the first and secondfan-out lines FFOL and SFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL may bedisposed in the uppermost layer on the substrate SUB, and the firstfan-out line FFOL may be disposed in the lowermost layer on thesubstrate SUB, for example. Here, the first and second driving voltagelines DVL1 and DVL2 included in the driving voltage line DVL may beprovided in the same layer, but the invention is not limited thereto. Insome exemplary embodiments, the first and second driving voltage linesDVL1 and DVL2 may be provided in layers different from each other.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second fan-out lineSFOL may be disposed on the first fan-out line FFOL, to cover the firstfan-out line FFOL. In a plan view, the second fan-out line SFOL mayoverlap with the first fan-out line FFOL. The second fan-out line SFOLand the first fan-out line FFOL may partially overlap with each other,but the invention is not limited thereto. In an exemplary embodiment,the second fan-out line SFOL and the first fan-out line FFOL maycompletely overlap with each other, for example.

As described above, in the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention, the second fan-out line SFOL is designed tooverlap with the first fan-out line FFOL, so that the area or width(refer to d1 of FIG. 6A) occupied by the second fan-out line SFOL in thenon-display region NDA may be decreased. Accordingly, the area of deadspaces in the non-display region NDA may be minimized.

FIG. 8A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8B is across-sectional view taken along line G-G′ of FIG. 8A. In FIGS. 8A and8B, portions different from those of the above-described embodiment willbe mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 8A, and 8B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspond to a lowerportion of the third display region DA3, and may be electricallyconnected to a second power line PL2 provided to each of the thirdpixels PXL3. Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 may be applied to the third pixels PXL3through the second power line PL2.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a first fan-out lineFFOL. The first fan-out line FFOL may electrically connect a data driverDDV (refer to FIG. 1) to the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed on pixelcolumns of the fourth display region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on pixel columns extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2.The second fan-out line SFOL may overlap with the first fan-out lineFFOL in a plan view.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL.

In a plan view, the first fan-out line block FOLB1 may overlap with thesecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be disposed in the non-display region NDA to correspond tothe lower portion of the third display region DA3. The first drivingvoltage line DVL1 may directly apply the first power voltage ELVDD tothe third pixels PXL3 through the second power line PL2. In addition,the first power voltage ELVDD may be directly applied to some firstpixels PXL1 that share the same second power line PL2 with the thirdpixels PXL3. The first power voltage ELVDD may be applied to the otherpixels PXL except the third pixels PXL3 and the some first pixels PXL1due to an electrical connection relationship of the second power linesPL2 provided to the respective pixels PXL.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 is disposed in the non-display region NDA tocorrespond to only a partial display region, so that the area occupiedby the first driving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA maybe decreased. Consequently, according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may beminimized.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unit WLP may beprovided on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unitWLP are disposed.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondfan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL, and the second driving voltage lineDVL2 may be provided in layers different from one another. The secondfan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the first fan-out line FFOL, tocover the first fan-out line FFOL. In a plan view, the second fan-outline SFOL may overlap with the first fan-out line FFOL. The secondfan-out line SFOL and the first fan-out line FFOL may partially overlapwith each other, but the invention is not limited thereto. In someexemplary embodiments, the second fan-out line SFOL and the firstfan-out line FFOL may completely overlap with each other.

As described above, in the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention, the second fan-out line SFOL is designed tooverlap with the first fan-out line FFOL, so that the area or width(refer to d1 of FIG. 6A) occupied by the second fan-out line SFOL in thenon-display region NDA may be decreased. Accordingly, the area of deadspaces in the non-display region NDA may be minimized.

FIG. 9A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 9B is across-sectional view taken along line H-H′ of FIG. 9A. In FIGS. 9A and9B, portions different from those of the above-described embodiment willbe mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 9A, and 9B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLprovided on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

In a plan view, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be disposed tosurround at least one side of the third display region DA3, at least oneside of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2, and at least one side of thefourth display region DA4. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention,the first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply the first power voltageELVDD to a corresponding pixel PXL through a second power line PL2.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, in each pixel PXL, the second power linePL2 may include a first part PL2 a extending in the first direction DR1,a second part PL2 b extending in the second direction DR2, and a thirdpart PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the second part PL2 boverlap. The first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the third partPL2 c may be provided integrally. Due to a structural characteristic ofthe second power line PL2, a second power line PL2 disposed in one pixelPXL and a second power line PL2 disposed in a pixel adjacent to the onepixel PXL may be electrically connected to each other. Accordingly, thefirst power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to the one pixel PXLand the pixel PXL adjacent thereto. Consequently, the first powervoltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to each of the pixels PXLprovided in the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2,the third display region DA3, the fourth display region, DA4, and thefifth display region DA5.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a first fan-out lineFFOL. The first fan-out line FFOL may electrically connect a data driverDDV (refer to FIG. 1) to the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed on pixelcolumns of the fourth display region DA4. In an exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, the first fan-out line FFOL may overlap with the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 in a plan view.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on pixel columns extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 from the first region DA1_2 a of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The second fan-out line SFOL may overlapwith the first fan-out line FFOL in a plan view.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 9A and 9B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The first and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2 and the signalline unit WLP may be provided on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the first and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2 aredisposed.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondfan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL, and the first and second drivingvoltage lines DVL1 and DVL2 may be provided in layers different from oneanother. In an exemplary embodiment, among the first and second drivingvoltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, the first fan-out line FFOL, and the secondfan-out line SFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed in theuppermost layer, and the first fan-out line FFOL may be disposed in thelowermost layer. As shown in the drawings, the first driving voltageline DVL1 and the second driving line DVL2 may be provided in the samelayer, but the invention is not limited thereto. In some exemplaryembodiments, the first driving voltage line DVL1 and the second drivingline DVL2 may be provided in layers different from each other.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second fan-out lineSFOL may be disposed on the first fan-out line FFOL, to cover a portionof the first fan-out line FFOL. In a plan view, the second fan-out lineSFOL may partially overlap with the first fan-out line FFOL. Inaddition, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be disposed on thefirst fan-out line FFOL, to cover the other portion of the first fan-outline FFOL. In a plan view, the first driving voltage line DVL1 maypartially overlap with the first fan-out line FFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, it is illustrated that thesecond fan-out line SFOL and the first driving voltage line DVL1 do notoverlap with each other, but the invention is not limited thereto. Insome exemplary embodiments, the second fan-out line SFOL and the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 may partially or completely overlap with eachother, for example.

As described above, in the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention, the second fan-out line SFOL may bedesigned to overlap with a portion of the first fan-out line FFOL, andthe first driving voltage line DVL1 may be designed to overlap with theother portion of the first fan-out line FFOL. Thus, in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the areaoccupied by the second fan-out line SFOL and the area occupied by thefirst driving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA may bedecreased. Accordingly, the area of dead spaces in the non-displayregion NDA may be decreased.

FIG. 10A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 10B is across-sectional view taken along line I-I′ of FIG. 10A. In FIGS. 10A and10B, portions different from those of the above-described embodimentwill be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 10A, and OB, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLprovided on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)the display region DA1_2may include a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connectingtwo adjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)the display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspond to anoutside of the third display region DA3, and may be electricallyconnected to the third pixels PXL3 through a second power line PL2.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be supplied to the third pixels PXL3 through the secondpower line PL2. In each third pixel PXL3, the second power line PL2, asshown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, may include a first part PL2 a extending in afirst direction DR1, a second part PL2 b extending in a second directionDR2, and a third part PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the secondpart PL2 b overlap.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 may be configured as a double layerincluding a first metal layer MTL1 and a second metal layer MTL2. Thesecond metal layer MTL2 may be disposed on the first metal layer MTL1 tooverlap with the first metal layer MTL1 in a plan view. The second metallayer MTL2 may be electrically connected to the first metal layer MTL1.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a first fan-out lineFFOL. The first fan-out line FFOL may electrically connect a data driverDDV (refer to FIG. 1) to the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed on pixelcolumns of the fourth display region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on pixel columns extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2.The second fan-out line SFOL may overlap with the first fan-out lineFFOL in a plan view.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may directly apply the first power voltage ELVDD to the thirdpixels PXL3 through the second power line PL2. In addition, the firstpower voltage ELVDD may also be directly applied to some first pixelsPXL1 that share the same second power line PL2 with the third pixelsPXL3. The first power voltage ELVDD may be applied to the other pixelsPXL except the third pixels PXL3 and the some first pixels PXL1 due toan electrical connection relationship of the second power lines PL2provided to the respective pixels PXL.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 is disposed in the non-display region NDA tocorrespond to only a partial display region, so that the area occupiedby the first driving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA maybe decreased. Consequently, according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may beminimized.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 10A and 10B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The first metal layer MTL1 and the signal line unit WLP may be providedon the second inter-insulating layer ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the first metal layer MTL1 and the signal line unit WLP aredisposed.

The second metal layer MTL2 and the second fan-out line SFOL may bedisposed on the third inter-insulating layer ILD3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondmetal layer MTL2 and the second fan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second metal layer MTL2may be provided in the same layer as the second fan-out line SFOL. Inaddition, in a plan view, the second metal layer MTL2 covers the firstmetal layer MTL1, and may have a width equal to that of the first metallayer MTL1. As the first and second metal layers MTL1 and MTL2 areelectrically connected to each other, the second driving voltage lineDVL2 may be configured as a double layer. As described above, when thesecond driving voltage line DVL2 is configured as the double layer, thewidth of the second driving voltage line DVL2 may correspond to a halfof that of the second driving voltage line DVL2 configured as a singlelayer as shown in FIG. 6A. Although the width of the second drivingvoltage line DVL2 is decreased, when the second driving voltage lineDVL2 is configured as the double layer, the second driving voltage lineDVL2 may have the same line resistance as the second driving voltageline DVL2 configured as the single layer.

In the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the second fan-out line SFOL is designed to overlap with thefirst fan-out line FFOL, so that the area or width occupied by thesecond fan-out line SFOL in the non-display region NDA may be decreased.Accordingly, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA maybe minimized.

Further, in the display device according to the exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, the second driving voltage line DVL2 is configured as adouble layer, so that the area or width occupied by the second drivingvoltage line DVL2 in the non-display region NDA may be decreased.Accordingly, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA maybe minimized.

FIG. 11A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 11B is across-sectional view taken along line J-J′ of FIG. 11A. In FIGS. 11A and11B, portions different from those of the above-described embodimentwill be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 11A, and 11B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspond to anoutside of the third display region DA3, and may be electricallyconnected to the third pixels PXL3 through a second power line PL2.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be applied to the third pixels PXL3 through the secondpower line PL2.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include a (1-1)th fan-out lineblock FOLB1_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2. Each of the(1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1 and the (1-2)th fan-out line blockFOLB1_2 may include a first fan-out line FFOL. In a plan view, the(1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1 may overlap with the second drivingvoltage line DVL2, and the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2 mayoverlap with the second fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line FFOL disposed in each of the (1-1)th fan-out lineblock FOLB1_1 and the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2 mayelectrically connect the data driver DDV to the fourth pixels PXL4disposed on pixel columns of the fourth display region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on pixel columns extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be disposed in the non-display region NDA to correspond toan outside of the third display region DA3. The first driving voltageline DVL1 may directly apply the first power voltage ELVDD to the thirdpixels PXL3 through the second power line PL2. In addition, the firstpower voltage ELVDD may also be applied to some first pixels PXL thatshare the same second power line PL2 as the third pixels PXL3 among thefirst pixels PXL1. The first power voltage ELVDD may also be applied tothe third pixels PXL3 and the other pixels PXL1 except the some firstpixels PXL1 among the first pixels PXL1 due to a structuralcharacteristic of the second power line PL2 provided in each pixel PXL.

In the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspondto only a partial display region, so that the area occupied by the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA may bedecreased. Consequently, according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may beminimized.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 11A and 11B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the gate insulatinglayer GI. The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 disposed in the (1-1)thfan-out line block FOLB1_1 and the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 disposedin the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2 may be disposed on the gateinsulating layer GI to be spaced apart from each other at a certaindistance.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may bealternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be disposed on the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unit WLP may bedisposed on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2. Here, the seconddriving voltage line DVL2 may be disposed on the second inter-insulatinglayer ILD2 to overlap with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 disposed inthe (1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the second driving voltage line DVL2 and the signal line unitWLP are disposed.

The second fan-out line SFOL may be disposed on the thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3. Here, the second fan-out line SFOL may bedisposed on the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 to overlap with thefirst fan-out line FFOL provided in the (1-2)th fan-out line blockFOLB1_2.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondfan-out lines SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the second driving voltage line DVL2, and the second fan-out lineSFOL may be provided in layers different from one another. In anexemplary embodiment, the second fan-out line SFOL among the seconddriving voltage line DVL2 and the first and second fan-out lines FFOLand SFOL may be in the uppermost layer, and the (1-1)th fan-out lineFFOL_1 in the first fan-out line FFOL may be disposed in the lowermostlayer, for example.

As described above, in the display device according to the exemplaryembodiment of the invention, a portion of the first fan-out line FFOLmay be designed to overlap with the second driving voltage line DVL2,and the other portion of the first fan-out line FFOL may be designed tooverlap with the second fan-out line SFOL. Thus, in the display deviceaccording to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the areaoccupied by the first fan-out line FFOL in the non-display region NDA isdecreased, so that the area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDAmay be minimized.

FIG. 12A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 12B is across-sectional view taken along line K-K′ of FIG. 12A. In FIGS. 12A and12B, portions different from those of the above-described embodimentwill be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 12A, and 12B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 disposed in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 disposed in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 disposed in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 disposed in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 disposed in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a fan-out line unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspond to anoutside of the third display region DA3, and may be electricallyconnected to the third pixels PXL3 through a second power line PL2.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be applied to the third pixels PXL3 through the secondpower line PL2. In each third pixel PXL3, the second power line PL2, asshown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, may include a first part PL2 a extending in afirst direction DR1, a second part PL2 b extending in a second directionDR2, and a third part PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the secondpart PL2 b overlap.

The second driving voltage line DVL2 may be configured as a double layerincluding a first metal layer MTL1 and a second metal layer MTL2. Thesecond metal layer MTL2 may be disposed on the first metal layer MTL1 tooverlap with the first metal layer MTL1 in a plan view. The second metallayer MTL2 may be electrically connected to the first metal layer MTL1.

The driving unit may be disposed between the second driving voltage lineDVL2 and the fan-out line unit, and include a circuit driver CDV and asignal line unit WLP connected to the circuit driver CDV. The circuitdriver CDV may include at least one transistor (not shown), and thesignal line unit WLP may include a plurality of signal lines connectedto the transistor.

The fan-out line unit may include a first fan-out line block FOLB1 and asecond fan-out line block FOLB2.

The first fan-out line block FOLB1 may include (1-1)th to (1-3)thfan-out line blocks FOLB1_1 to FOLB1_3.

The (1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1 may overlap with the seconddriving voltage line DVL2 in a plan view, and be disposed at theoutermost portion of the first fan-out line block FOLB1. The (1-2)thfan-out line block FOLB1_2 may overlap with the signal line unit WLP ina plan view, and be provided between the (1-1)th fan-out line blockFOLB1_1 and the (1-3)th fan-out line block FOLB1_3. The (1-3)th fan-outline block FOLB1_3 may overlap with the second fan-out line block FOLB2,and be provided at the innermost side of the first fan-out line blockFOLB1.

Each of the (1-1)th to (1-3)th fan-out line blocks FOLB1_1 to FOLB1_3may include a first fan-out line FFOL. The first fan-out line FFOLdisposed in each of the (1-1)th to (1-3)th fan-out line blocks FOLB1_1to FOLB1_3 may electrically connect the data driver DDV to the fourthpixels PXL4 disposed on pixel columns of the fourth display region DA4.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB.

The second fan-out line block FOLB2 may include a second fan-out lineSFOL. The second fan-out line SFOL may electrically connect the datadriver DDV to the first pixels PXL1 disposed on pixel columns extendingto the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2.

The fan-out line unit may further include a third fan-out line TFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first driving voltageline DVL1 may directly apply the first power voltage ELVDD to the thirdpixels PXL3 through the second power line PL2. In addition, the firstpower voltage ELVDD may also be directly applied to some first pixelsPXL1 that share the same second power line PL2 as the third pixels PXL3.The first power voltage ELVDD may also be applied to the other pixelsPXL except the third pixels PXL3 and the some first pixels PXL1 due to astructural characteristic of the second power line PL2 provided in eachpixel PXL.

In the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspondto only a partial display region, so that the area occupied by the firstdriving voltage line DVL1 in the non-display region NDA may bedecreased. Consequently, according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area of dead spaces in the non-display region may beminimized.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 12A and 12B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 may be disposed on the first insulatinglayer GI. Specifically, the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 provided in the(1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1, the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1provided in the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2, and the (1-1)thfan-out line FFOL_1 provided in the (1-3)th fan-out line block FOLB1_3may be disposed on the gate insulating layer GI to be spaced apart fromeach other at a certain distance.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 is disposed.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 may be disposed on the firstinter-insulating layer ILD1. Specifically, the (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2 provided in the (1-1)th fan-out line block FOLB1_1, the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2 provided in the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2,and the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 provided in the (1-3)th fan-out lineblock FOLB1_3 may be disposed on the first inter-insulating layer ILD1to be spaced apart from each other at a certain distance. The (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2 may be alternately disposed with the (1-1)th fan-outline FFOL_1 on the first inter-insulating layer ILD1.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be provided over the (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2.

The first metal layer MTL1 and the signal line unit WLP may be disposedon the second inter-insulating layer ILD2. Here, the first metal layerMTL1 may be disposed on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2 tooverlap with the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 provided in the (1-1)thfan-out line block FOLB1_1. The signal line unit WLP may be disposed onthe second inter-insulating layer ILD2 to overlap with the first fan-outline FFOL provided in the (1-2)th fan-out line block FOLB1_2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the first metal layer MTL1 and the signal line unit WLP aredisposed.

The second metal layer MTL2 and the second fan-out line SFOL may bedisposed on the third inter-insulating layer ILD3. Here, the secondmetal layer MTL2 may be disposed on the third inter-insulating layerILD3 to overlap with the first metal layer MTL1. The second fan-out lineSFOL may be disposed on the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 to overlapwith the first fan-out line FFOL provided in the (1-3)th fan-out lineblock FOLB1_3.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially provided over the secondmetal layer MTL2 and the second fan-out line SFOL.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out lineFFOL, the first metal layer MTL1, and the second fan-out line SFOL maybe provided in layers different from one another. In an exemplaryembodiment, among the first metal layer MTL1 and the first and secondfan-out lines FFOL and SFOL, the second fan-out line SFOL may bedisposed in the uppermost layer, and the first fan-out line FFOL may bedisposed in the lowermost layer, for example.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second metal layer MTL2may be provided in the same layer as the second fan-out line SFOL. Inaddition, in a plan view, the second metal layer MTL2 may cover thefirst metal layer MTL1, and have the same width as the first metal layerMTL1. The first and second metal layers MTL1 and MTL2 may beelectrically connected to each other. Accordingly, the second drivingvoltage line DVL2 may be configured as a double layer. In some exemplaryembodiments, the first and second metal layer MTL1 and MTL2 areconnected to each other through a contact hole (not shown) passingthrough the third inter-insulating layer ILD3.

In the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the first fan-out line FFOL provided in the (1-1)th fan-outline block FOLB1_1 may be designed to overlap with the second drivingvoltage line DVL2, the first fan-out line FFOL provided in the (1-2)thfan-out line block FOLB1_2 may be designed to overlap with the signalline unit WLP, and the first fan-out line FFOL provided in the (1-3)thfan-out line block FOLB1_3 may be designed to overlap with the secondfan-out line SFOL. Thus, in the display device according to theexemplary embodiment of the invention, the area occupied by the firstfan-out line FFOL in the non-display region NDA is decreased, so thatthe area of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may be minimized.

Further, in the display device according to the exemplary embodiment ofthe invention, as the second driving voltage line DVL2 is configured asa double layer, the width of the second driving voltage line DVL2 isdecreased, so that the area occupied by the second driving voltage lineDVL2 in the non-display region NDA may be decreased. Accordingly, thearea of dead spaces in the non-display region NDA may be minimized.

FIG. 13A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EAT of FIG. 1.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 and 13A, the display device according to theexemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)the display region DA1_2may include a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connectingtwo adjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)the display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may havea shape of which a width decreases as it becomes farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a second direction DR2. Accordingly, inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2, the number of first pixels PXL1provided on each pixel row may decrease as they become farther from the(1-1)th display region DA1_1.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unit,and a plurality of fan-out lines FOL may be disposed in the non-displayregion NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

In a plan view, the first driving voltage line DVL1 may be disposed tosurround at least one side of the third display region DA3, at least oneside of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2, and at least one side of thefourth display region DA4. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention,the first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply the first power voltageELVDD to a corresponding pixel PXL through a second power line PL2.

In each pixel PXL, the second power line PL2, as shown in FIGS. 4A and4B, may include a first part PL2 a extending in a first direction DR1, asecond part PL2 b extending in the second direction DR2, and a thirdpart PL2 c in which the first part PL2 a and the second part PL2 boverlap. The first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the third partPL2 c may be provided integrally. Due to a structural characteristic ofthe second power line PL2, a second power line PL2 disposed in one pixelPXL and a second power line PL2 disposed in a pixel adjacent to the onepixel PXL may be electrically connected to each other. Accordingly, thefirst power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to the one pixel PXLand the pixel PXL adjacent thereto. Consequently, the first powervoltage ELVDD may be uniformly supplied to each of the pixels PXLprovided in the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2,the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and thefifth display region DA5.

In a plan view, the second driving voltage line DVL2 may be disposed tosurround the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2,the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and thefifth display region DA5 at the outermost portion of the non-displayregion NDA.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, like the second drivingvoltage line DVL2 shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, the second driving voltageline DVL2 may be configured as a double layer including a first metallayer (refer to MTL1 of FIG. 12B) and a second metal layer (refer toMTL2 of FIG. 12B). When the second driving voltage line DVL2 isconfigured as the double layer, the area occupied by the second drivingvoltage line DVL2 in the non-display region NDA may be decreased.

The fan-out lines FOL may electrically connect a data driver DDV (referto FIG. 1) to the third pixels PXL3 disposed on a pixel column of thethird display region DA3.

The display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention may further include a contact line CL. The contact line CL mayextend from the non-display region NDA to the third display region DA3and the first display region DA1 along the second direction DR2. Thecontact line CL may be a fan-out line that supplies a data signal fromthe data driver DDV to each of some first pixels PXL1 and the fourthpixels PXL4.

The contact line CL may extend from the non-display region NDA to thethird display region DA3 along the second direction DR2. Also, thecontact line CL may extend from the third display region DA3 to thefirst display region DA1 along the second direction DR2. The contactline CL extending to the first display region DA1 may be bent along thefirst direction DR1 to extend to a corner portion of the (1-2)th displayregion DA1_2. The contact line CL extending to the first region DA1_2 aof the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may be connected to a data line DLconnected to the first pixels PXL1 disposed in the (1-2)th displayregion DA1_2 through a twelfth contact hole CH12. In addition, althoughnot shown in the drawing, the contact line CL extending to the firstdisplay region DA1 may be bent along the first direction DR1 to extendto the fourth display region DA4. The contact line CL extending to thefourth display region DA4 may be connected to a data line DL connectedto the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed in the fourth display region DA4through a contact hole.

In the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the contact line CL may be used as a fan-out line thatsupplies the data signal to each of the some first pixels PXL1 and thefourth pixels PXL4. Accordingly, the second fan-out line (refer to SFOLof FIG. 6A) connected to the first pixels PXL1 disposed in the (1-2)thdisplay region DA1_2 and the first fan-out line (refer to FFOL of FIG.6A) connected to the fourth pixels PXL4 disposed in the fourth displayregion DA4 may be removed in the non-display region NDA. Consequently,in the display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention, the area occupied by the first and second fan-out lines FFOLand SFOL in the non-display region NDA is decreased, so that the area ofdead spaces in the non-display region NDA may be minimized.

FIG. 13B is an enlarged plan view of portion EA4 of FIG. 13A, and FIG.13C is a cross-sectional view taken along line L-L′ of FIG. 13B. InFIGS. 13B and 13C, portions different from those of the above-describedembodiment will be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions notparticularly described in the exemplary embodiment of the inventionfollow those of the above-described embodiment. In addition, identicalreference numerals refer to identical components, and similar referencenumerals refer to similar components.

For convenience of description, based on four first pixels PXL1_K,PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3 disposed in the (1-2)th display regionDA1_2, two scan lines SL1 and SL2, one emission control line EL, fourdata lines DL1, DL2, DL3, and DL4, and a power line PL, which areconnected to the four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, andPXL1_K+3, are illustrated in FIGS. 13B and 13C.

In FIGS. 13B and 13C, for convenience of description, in lines providedto the four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3, amongthe two scan lines to which a scan signal is applied, a scan line on an(i−1)th row is designated as an “(i−1)th scan line SL2,” and a scan lineon the ith row is designated as an “ith scan line SL1.” In addition, anemission control line on an ith row, to which an emission control signalis applied, is designated as an “emission control line EL,” a data lineon a jth column, to which a data signal is applied, is designated as a“first data line DL1,” a data line on a (j+1)th column, to which a datasignal is applied, is designated as a “second data line DL2,” a dataline on a (j+2)th column, to which a data signal is applied, isdesignated as a “third data line DL3,” a data line on a (j+3)th column,to which a data signal is applied, is designated as a “fourth data lineDL4.” A power line that is connected to the four first pixels PXL1_K,PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3 and has a first power voltage ELVDDapplied thereto is designated as a “power line PL,” and aninitialization power line to which an initialization power source Vintis applied is designated as an “initialization power line IPL.”

Referring to FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a line unit, and four firstpixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3.

The line unit may include scan lines SL1 and SL2, data lines DL1, DL2,DL3, and DL4, an emission control line EL, a power line PL, and aninitialization power line PL, which supply signals to each of the fourfirst pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3.

The scan lines SL1 and SL2 may extend in a first direction DR1 on thesubstrate SUB. The scan lines SL1 and SL2 may include an ith scan lineSL1 and an (i−1)th scan line SL2, which are sequentially arranged alonga second direction DR2 intersecting the first direction DR1. A scansignal may be applied to the scan lines SL1 and SL2.

The emission control line EL may extend in the first direction DR1 andbe disposed to be spaced apart from the ith scan line SL1. An emissioncontrol signal may be applied to the emission control line EL.

The data lines DL1, DL2, DL3, and DL4 may extend in the second directionDR2 on the substrate SUB. The data lines DL1, DL2, DL3, and DL4 mayinclude first to fourth data lines DL1 to DL4. A data signal may beapplied to each of the first to fourth data lines DL1 to DL4.

The power line PL may extend in the first direction DR1 and extend inthe second direction DR2. The power line PL may be provided to each ofthe four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3. Thefirst power voltage (refer to ELVDD of FIG. 3) may be applied to thepower line PL. The power line PL may include an additional power lineAPL, a first power line PL1, and a second power line PL2.

The additional power line APL may extend along the first direction DR1,the first power line PL1 may extend along the second direction DR2, andthe second power line PL2 may extend along the first and seconddirections DR1 and DR2. In a plan view, the additional power line APL,the first power line PL1, and the second power line PL2 may overlap witheach other. The additional power line APL and the first and second powerlines PL1 and PL2 may be electrically connected to each other.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD may be applied to each of theadditional power line APL and the first and second power lines PL1 andPL2.

In a plan view, the second power line PL2 may include a first part PL2 athat extends along the first direction DR1 and overlaps with theadditional power line APL and a second part PL2 b that extends along thesecond direction DR2 and overlaps with the first power line PL1. Inaddition, the PL2 may include a third part PL2 c in which the first partPL2 a and the second part PL2 b overlap. The first part PL2 a, thesecond part PL2 b, and the third part PL2 c may be provided integrally.In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first part PL2 a may beprovided in common to four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, andPXL1_K+3. Due to a structural characteristic of the second power linePL2 including the first part PL2 a, the second part PL2 b, and the thirdpart PL2 c, the second power line PL2 may be provided in a mesh form onthe substrate SUB. The first power voltage ELVDD is applied to thesecond power line PL2 disposed in the mesh form on the substrate SUB.Thus, the first power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly applied to the fourfirst pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3. Accordingly, auniform luminance may be realized through all of the display regions(refer to DAT to DA5 of FIG. 5).

The initialization power line IPL may extend along the first directionDR1, and the initialization power source (refer to Vint of FIG. 3) maybe applied to the initialization power line IPL.

The four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3 mayinclude a Kth first pixel PXL1_K connected to the ith scan line SL1 andthe first data line DL1, a (K+1)th first pixel PXL1_K+1 connected to theith scan line SL1 and the second data line DL2, a (K+2)th first pixelPXL1_K+2 connected to the ith scan line SL1 and the third data line DL3,and a (K+3)th first pixel PXL1_K+3 connected to the ith scan line SL1and the fourth data line DL4.

Each of the four first pixels PXL1_K, PXL1_K+1, PXL1_K+2, and PXL1_K+3may include first to seventh transistors T1 to T7, a storage capacitorCst, and a light emitting element OLED.

The first transistor T1 may include a first gate electrode GET, a firstactive pattern ACT1, a first source electrode SE, a first drainelectrode DE1, and a first contact part CNL1.

The second transistor T2 may include a second gate electrode GE2, asecond active pattern ACT2, a second source electrode SE2, and a seconddrain electrode DE2.

The third transistor T3 may include a third gate electrode GE3, a thirdactive pattern ACT3, a third source electrode SE3, and a third drainelectrode DE3. The third transistor T3 may be provided in a double gatestructure so as to prevent a leakage current.

The fourth transistor T4 may include a fourth gate electrode GE4, afourth active pattern ACT4, a fourth source electrode SE4, and a fourthdrain electrode DE4. The fourth transistor T4 may be provided in adouble gate structure so as to prevent a leakage current.

The fifth transistor T5 may include a fifth gate electrode GE5, a fifthactive pattern ACT5, a fifth source electrode SE5, and a fifth drainelectrode DE5.

The sixth transistor T6 may include a sixth gate electrode GE6, a sixthactive pattern ACT6, a sixth source electrode SE6, and a sixth drainelectrode DE6.

The seventh transistor T7 may include a seventh gate electrode GE7, aseventh active pattern ACT7, a seventh source electrode SE7, and aseventh drain electrode DE7.

The storage capacitor Cst may include a lower electrode LE and an upperelectrode UE. The lower electrode LE may be configured with the firstgate electrode GET of the first transistor T1. In an exemplaryembodiment of the invention, the upper electrode UE may be unitary withthe additional power line APL of the power line PL. That is, the upperelectrode UE may be the additional power line APL.

The light emitting element OLED may include a first electrode EL1, asecond electrode EL2, and an emitting layer EML provided between the twoelectrodes EL1 and EL2.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a contact line CL may beprovided in the (K+3)th first pixel PXL1_K+3. The contact line CL mayoverlap with the second power line PL2 provided in the (K+3)th firstpixel PXL1_K+3. In particular, the contact line CL may extend along thesecond direction DR2 in the (K+3)th first pixel PXL1_K+3 and be bent inthe first direction DR1. In a plan view, the contact line CL may overlapwith the second part PL2 b of the second power line PL2 provided in the(K+3)th first pixel PXL1_K+3.

The contact line CL may extend from the non-display region NDA to thethird display region DA3 along the second direction DR2. Also, thecontact line CL may extend from the third display region DA3 to the(1-2)th display region DA1_2 and the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 alongthe second direction DR2. The contact line CL extending to the (1-2)thdisplay region DA1_2 may be bent along the first direction DR1 to thefirst region DA1_2 a of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2. Also, thecontact line CL extending to the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 may bebent along the first direction DR1 to extend to the fourth displayregion DA4.

The contact line CL may be a fan-out line connected to a data driver(refer to DDV of FIG. 1) to supply a data signal from the data driverDDV to pixels PXL disposed in each of the first region DA1_2 a of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2 and the fourth display region DA4. Thecontact line CL, as shown in FIG. 13B, may be bent toward the Kth firstpixel PXL1_K in the (K+3)th first pixel PXL1_K+3, and be connected tothe first data line DL through a twelfth contact hole CH12. Therefore, adata signal from the data driver DDV may be applied to the first dataline DL1 of the first pixel PXL through the contact line CL.

Hereinafter, a structure of the display device according to theexemplary embodiment of the invention will be described along a stackingorder with reference to FIG. 13C.

The first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 may be disposed on thesubstrate SUB. The first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 mayinclude a semiconductor material.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB on whichthe first to seventh active patterns ACT1 to ACT7 are provided.

The ith scan line SL1, the (i−1)th scan line SL2, the emission controlline EL, the first to seventh gate electrodes GET to GE7, and the lowerelectrode LE may be disposed on the gate insulating layer GI. The firstgate electrode GET and the lower electrode LE may be unitary.

A first inter-insulating layer ILD1 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the scan lines SL1 and SL2 and the like are disposed.

The upper electrode UE, the initialization power line IPL, and theadditional power line APL may be disposed on the first inter-insulatinglayer ILD1. The upper electrode UE and the additional power line APL maybe unitary.

A second inter-insulating layer ILD2 may be disposed on the substrateSUB on which the additional power line APL and the like are disposed.

The first to fourth data lines DL1, DL2, DL3, and DL4, the first powerline PL1, the first contact part CNL1, and second and third contactparts CNL2 and CNL3 may be disposed on the second inter-insulating layerILD2.

The first power line PL1 may be connected to the additional power lineAPL through a third contact hole CH3 passing through the secondinter-insulating layer ILD2. Also, the first power line PL1 may beconnected to the fifth source electrode SE5 through a fourth contacthole CH4 sequentially passing through the gate insulating layer GI andthe first and second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the data line DL1 and the like are disposed. The thirdinter-insulating layer ILD3 may be provided in a single layer as shownin the drawing, but the invention is not limited thereto. In anexemplary embodiment, the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may beprovided in a multi-layer in which a plurality of organic insulatinglayers and a plurality of inorganic insulating layers are stacked, forexample.

The contact line CL may be disposed on the third inter-insulating layerILD3. The contact line CL may be connected to the first data line DL1 ofthe Kth first pixel PXL1_K through the twelfth contact hole CH12 passingthrough the third inter-insulating layer ILD3.

A fourth inter-insulating layer ILD4 may be disposed on the substrateSUB on which the contact line CL is disposed.

A bridge pattern BRP and the second power line PL2 may be disposed onthe fourth inter-insulating layer ILD4.

The bridge pattern BRP may be connected to the second contact part CNL2through a ninth contact hole CH9 sequentially passing through the thirdand fourth inter-insulating layers ILD3 and ILD4.

The second power line PL2 may be connected to the first power line PL1through an eleventh contact hole CH1 sequentially passing through thethird and fourth inter-insulating layers ILD3 and ILD4.

A protective layer PSV may be disposed on the substrate SUB on which thebridge pattern BRP and the like are disposed.

The first electrode EL1 may be disposed on the protective layer PSV. Thefirst electrode EL1 may be connected to the bridge pattern BRP through atenth contact hole CH10 passing through the protective layer PSV.

A pixel defining layer PDL that defines a light emitting region tocorrespond to each of the first to fourth pixels PXL1, PXL2, PXL3, andPXL4 may be disposed on the substrate SUB on which the first electrodeEL1 is disposed.

The emitting layer EML may be disposed on the first electrode EL1surrounded by the pixel defining layer PDL, and the second electrode EL2may be disposed on the emitting layer EML.

A thin film encapsulation layer TFE that covers the second electrode EL2may be provided over the second electrode EL2.

A touch sensor TS that recognizes a touch event input to the displaydevice through a finger of a user or a separate input means may bedisposed on the thin film encapsulation layer TFE.

FIG. 14A illustrates a portion of a display device according to anexemplary embodiment of the invention, which is a plan viewcorresponding to the portion EA1 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 14B is across-sectional view taken along line M-M′ of FIG. 14A. In FIGS. 14A and14B, portions different from those of the above-described embodimentwill be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions not particularlydescribed in the exemplary embodiment of the invention follow those ofthe above-described embodiment. In addition, identical referencenumerals refer to identical components, and similar reference numeralsrefer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, 14A, and 14B, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a plurality of pixels PXLdisposed on the substrate SUB, and a line unit connected to the pixelsPXL.

The pixels PXL may include first pixels PXL1 arranged in the firstdisplay region DA1, second pixels PXL2 arranged in the second displayregion DA2, third pixels PXL3 arranged in the third display region DA3,fourth pixels PXL4 arranged in the fourth display region DA4, and fifthpixels PXL5 arranged in the fifth display region DA5.

The first display region DA1 may include a (1-1)th display region DA1_1and a (1-2)th display region DA1_2. The (1-2)th display region DA1_2 mayinclude a first region DA1_2 a including a curved line connecting twoadjacent linear sides and a second region DA1_2 b except the firstregion DA1_2 a. The first region DA1_2 a may be a corner portion of the(1-2)th display region DA1_2. The first region DA1_2 a of the (1-2)thdisplay region DA1_2 may have a round shape of which a width decreasesas it becomes farther from the (1-1)th display region DA1_1 in a seconddirection DR2. Accordingly, in the (1-2)th display region DA1_2, thenumber of first pixels PXL1 provided on each pixel row may decrease asthey become farther from the (1-1)th display region DA1_1.

Therefore, the number of first pixels PXL1 provided on each pixel row inthe (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may decrease as they become fartherfrom the (1-1)th display region DA1_1. Here, it is unnecessary that thelength of the pixel rows of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 decrease atthe same rate (or the numbers of first pixels PXL1 arranged on the pixelrows decrease at the same rate) as they become farther from the (1-1)thdisplay region DA1_1. The number of first pixels PXL1 arranged on eachpixel row of the (1-2)th display region DA1_2 may be variously changed.

The third display region DA3 is a display region that is foldable towardthe outside of the first display region DA1 along a second folding lineFL2, and may have a corner portion including a round shape of a whichwidth decreases as it becomes farther from the first display region DA1.Therefore, the number of third pixels PXL3 provided on each pixel row inthe third display region DA3 may decrease as they become farther fromthe first display region DA1. Here, the number of third pixels PXL3arranged on each pixel row in the third display region DA3 may bevariously changed.

The fourth display region DA4 is a display region that is foldabletoward the outside of the first display region DA1 along a third foldingline FL3, and may have a corner portion including a round shape of awhich width decreases as it becomes farther from the first displayregion DA1. Therefore, the number of fourth pixels PXL4 provided on eachpixel row in the fourth display region DA4 may decrease as they becomefarther from the first display region DA1. Here, the number of fourthpixels PXL4 arranged on each pixel row in the fourth display region DA4may be variously changed.

For convenience of description, only one side portion of the substrateSUB is illustrated in FIG. 14A, but the other side portion may beprovided in the substantially same manner such that the shape of thesubstrate SUB is bilaterally symmetrical. Therefore, the second displayregion DA2 may also have a corner portion including a round shape ofwhich a width decreases as it becomes farther from the first displayregion DA1, and the fifth display region DA5 may also have a cornerportion including a round shape of which a width decreases as it becomesfarther from the first display region DA1.

As described above, when each of the first display region DA1, thesecond display region DA2, the third display region DA3, the fourthdisplay region DA4, and the fifth display region DA5 have the cornerportion including the round shape, differences between loads generatedin the respective display regions may be minimized. Accordingly, thedisplay device according to the exemplary embodiment of the inventionmay realize a uniform luminance throughout all of the display regions.

First and second driving voltage lines DVL1 and DVL2, a driving unitincluding a circuit driver CDV and a signal line unit WLP, and a fan-outline unit may be disposed in the non-display region NDA.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 may apply a first power voltageELVDD to each pixel PXL, and the second driving voltage line DVL2 mayapply a second power voltage ELVSS to each pixel PXL.

The first driving voltage line DVL1 is disposed to correspond to anoutside of the third display region DA3, and may be electricallyconnected to the third pixels PXL3 through a second power line PL2.Therefore, the first power voltage ELVDD from the first driving voltageline DVL1 may be applied to the third pixels PXL3 through the secondpower line PL2.

In a plan view, the second driving voltage line DVL2 may be disposed tosurround the first display region DA1, the second display region DA2,the third display region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and thefifth display region DA5 at the outermost portion of the non-displayregion NDA.

The fan-out line unit may include first to third fan-out lines FFOL,SFOL, and TFOL. The first fan-out line FFOL, the second fan-out lineSFOL, and the third fan-out line TFOL may be disposed on the substrateSUB to be spaced apart from each other at a certain distance.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first fan-out line FFOLmay include a (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and a (1-2)th fan-out lineFFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on the substrate SUB. The secondfan-out line SFOL may include a (2-1)th fan-out line SFOL_1 and a(2-2)th fan-out line SFOL_2, which are alternately disposed on thesubstrate SUB.

The (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and the (2-1)th fan-out line SFOL_1 maybe provided in the same layer. The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 and the(2-2)th fan-out line SFOL_2 may be provided in the same layer. That is,the first and second fan-out lines FFOL and SFOL may be provided in thesame layer.

Hereinafter, a structure of the non-display region NDA in the displaydevice according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention will bedescribed along a stacking order with reference to FIGS. 14A and 14B.

A gate insulating layer GI may be disposed on the substrate SUB.

First and second inter-insulating layers ILD1 and ILD2 may besequentially disposed on the gate insulating layer GI.

The second driving voltage line DVL2, the signal line unit WLP, the(1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1, and the (2-1)th fan-out line SFOL_1 may bedisposed on the second inter-insulating layer ILD2. The (1-1)th fan-outline FFOL_1 and the (2-1)th fan-out line SFOL_1 may be disposed on thesecond inter-insulating layer ILD2 to be spaced apart from each other ata certain distance.

A third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be disposed on the substrate SUBon which the (1-1)th fan-out line FFOL_1 and the like are disposed. Asshown in the drawings, the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may beprovided in a single layer. However, the invention is not limitedthereto, and the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 may be provided in amulti-layer.

The (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 and the (2-2)th fan-out line SFOL_2 maybe disposed on the third inter-insulating layer ILD3. The (1-2)thfan-out line FFOL_2 and the (2-2)th fan-out line SFOL_2 may be disposedon the third inter-insulating layer ILD3 to be spaced apart from eachother at a certain distance.

A protective layer PSV, a pixel defining layer PDL, and a thin filmencapsulation layer TFE may be sequentially disposed on the substrateSUB on which the (1-2)th fan-out line FFOL_2 and the (2-2)th fan-outline SFOL_2 are disposed.

FIG. 14C is a plan view illustrating one pixel of FIG. 14A, and FIG. 14Dis a cross-sectional view taken along line N-N′ of FIG. 14C. In FIGS.14C and 14D, portions different from those of the above-describedembodiment will be mainly described to avoid redundancy. Portions notparticularly described in the exemplary embodiment of the inventionfollow those of the above-described embodiment. In addition, identicalreference numerals refer to identical components, and similar referencenumerals refer to similar components.

Referring to FIGS. 14A, 14C, and 14D, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may include a substrate SUBincluding a first display region DA1, a second display region DA2, athird display region DA3, a fourth display region DA4, a fifth displayregion DA5 and a non-display region NDA, a line unit, and one pixel PXL.

The pixel PXL may include first to seventh transistors T1 to T7, astorage capacitor Cst, and a light emitting element OLED.

The line unit may include an ith scan line SL1, an (i−1)th scan lineSL2, a data line DL1, an emission control line EL, a power line PL, andan initialization power line IPL, which supply signals to the pixel PXL.

A first power voltage (refer to ELVDD of FIG. 3) may be applied to thepower line PL. The power line PL may include an additional power lineAPL, a first power line PL1, and a second power line PL2.

In a plan view, the additional power line APL, the first power line PL1,and the second power line PL2 may overlap with each other. Also, theadditional power line APL and the first and second power lines PL1 andPL2 may be provided in layers different from one another. In anexemplary embodiment, the second power line PL2 may be disposed on thefirst power line PL1 with a third inter-insulating layer ILD3 interposedtherebetween, and the first power line PL1 may be disposed on theadditional power line APL with a second inter-insulating layer ILD2interposed therebetween.

The additional power line APL and the first power line PL1 may beconnected to each other through a third contact hole CH3 passing throughthe second inter-insulating layer ILD2, and the first power line PL1 andthe second power line PL2 may be connected to each other through aneleventh contact hole CH11 passing through the third inter-insulatinglayer ILD3. Consequently, the additional power line APL and the firstand second power lines PL1 and PL2 may be connected to each other. Asthe first power voltage ELVDD is applied to the first power line PL1,the first power voltage ELVDD may also be applied to the additionalpower line APL and the second power line PL2.

The additional power line APL may extend along the first direction DR1,and the first power line PL1 may extend along the second direction DR2.The additional power line APL may be provided in common to pixels (notshown) adjacent to the pixel PXL along the first direction DR1. Thefirst power line PL1 may provided in common to pixels (not shown)adjacent to the pixel PXL along the second direction DR2. The additionalpower line APL commonly provided to the plurality of pixels arranged inthe first direction DR1 and the first power line PL1 commonly providedto the plurality of pixel arranged in the second direction DR2 mayintersect on the substrate SUB. Therefore, the additional power line APLand the first power line PL1 may be provided in a mesh form on thesubstrate SUB. The second power line PL2 may be provided in a plateshape, and cover the additional power line APL and the first power linePL1.

Consequently, the first power voltage ELVDD may be uniformly applied tothe first display region DA1, the second display region DA2, the thirddisplay region DA3, the fourth display region DA4, and the fifth displayregion DA5 due to a structural characteristic of the power line PLincluding the additional power line APL, the first power line PL1, andthe second power line PL2. Accordingly, the display device according tothe exemplary embodiment of the invention may realize a uniformluminance throughout all of the display regions.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, it is illustrated that thesecond power line PL2 is provided in the plate shape that partiallycovers each pixel PXL except a bridge pattern BRP, but the invention isnot limited thereto. In an exemplary embodiment, the second power linePL2 may be provided in various shapes within a range where the secondpower line PL2 is electrically insulated from the bridge pattern BRP,for example.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the second power line PL2may be used as a shielding means for shielding parasitic capacitancegenerated between two lines disposed adjacent to each other, to whichdifferent voltages are applied. In an exemplary embodiment, the secondpower line PL2 may shield parasitic capacitance generated between thefirst electrode EL1 of the light emitting element OLED and components towhich a data signal is applied. In particular, as the area of the secondpower line PL2 increase due to the plate shape of the second power linePL2, the parasitic capacitance may be completely shielded. Consequently,the display device is not influenced by the parasitic capacitance, sothat improved image quality may be realized.

The display device according to the exemplary embodiment of theinvention may be employed in various electronic devices. In an exemplaryembodiment, the display device is applicable to televisions, notebookcomputers, cellular phones, smart phones, smart pads, portable mediaplayers (“PMPs”), personal digital assistants (“PDAs”), navigations,various wearable devices such as smart watches, and the like.

As described above, according to the invention, the display device mayminimize the area of the non-display region and improve image quality.

Exemplary embodiments have been disclosed herein, and although specificterms are employed, they are used and are to be interpreted in a genericand descriptive sense only and not for purpose of limitation. In someinstances, as would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art asof the filing of the application, features, characteristics, and/orelements described in connection with a particular embodiment may beused singly or in combination with features, characteristics, and/orelements described in connection with other exemplary embodiments unlessotherwise specifically indicated. Accordingly, it will be understood bythose of skill in the art that various changes in form and details maybe made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asset forth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A display device comprising: a substratecomprising a display region and a non-display region; a plurality ofpixels provided in the display region, each of the plurality of pixelsincluding a first transistor, a storage capacitor, and a light emittingelement having an anode electrically connected to the first transistor;and a first power line applying a first power voltage to the pixels, thefirst power line including a first sub-power line, a second sub-powerline, and a third sub-power line disposed on different layers from eachother, wherein: the first transistor includes a first active patterndisposed on the substrate and a first gate electrode overlapping thefirst active pattern, and the first gate electrode is configured to be alow electrode of the storage capacitor, wherein: the first sub-powerline is disposed on the first gate electrode with a first insulatinglayer interposed therebetween and includes an upper electrode of thestorage capacitor, the second sub-power line is disposed on the firstsub-power line with a second insulating layer interposed therebetween,and the third sub-power line is disposed on the second sub-power linewith a third insulating layer interposed therebetween, and wherein atleast one of the first to third sub-power lines has a mesh shape in thedisplay region and includes a first portion extending in a firstdirection and a second portion extending in a second direction crossingthe first direction.
 2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the thirdsub-power line has the mesh shape in the display region.
 3. The displaydevice of claim 2, further comprising: a scan line connected to at leastone pixel among the plurality of pixels and applying a scan signal tothe at least one pixel; a data line connected to at least one pixelamong the plurality of pixels and applying a data signal to the at leastone pixel; and a second transistor connected between the data line andthe first gate electrode of the first transistor, the second transistorbeing turned on by the scan signal.
 4. The display device of claim 3,wherein the data line is disposed in a same layer as the secondsub-power line, and the scan line is disposed in a same layer as thefirst gate electrode.
 5. The display device of claim 4, furthercomprising: an emission control line connected to at least one pixelamong the plurality of pixels and applying an emission control signal tothe at least one pixel; a third transistor connected between theemission control line and the anode, the third transistor being turnedon by the emission control signal; a bridge pattern disposed between thethird transistor and the anode; and a contact line disposed between thethird transistor and the bridge pattern.
 6. The display device of claim5, wherein one electrode of the third transistor is electricallyconnected to the anode through the contact line and the bridge pattern.7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the contact line is disposedin the same layer as the second sub-power line, and the bridge patternis disposed in the same layer as the third sub-power line.
 8. Thedisplay device of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of pixelsincludes a region where the first to third sub-power lines overlap eachother.
 9. The display device of claim 6, wherein each of the pluralityof pixels includes a region where the first sub-power line, the thirdsub-power line, and the data line overlap each other.
 10. The displaydevice of claim 6, further comprising: a fourth transistor connectedbetween the first transistor and the second sub-power line, the fourthtransistor being turned on by the emission control signal, wherein thefourth transistor is electrically connected to the second sub-power lineto receive the first power voltage.
 11. The display device of claim 10,wherein the third sub-power line is electrically connected to the secondsub-power line through at least one contact hole penetrating the thirdinsulating layer.
 12. The display device of claim 11, wherein, in a planview, the at least one contact hole does not overlap the fourthtransistor.
 13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the thirdsub-power line extends to the non-display region.
 14. The display deviceof claim 13, further comprising: a first driving voltage line which isprovided in the non-display region, wherein first driving voltage iselectrically connected to the third sub-power line.
 15. The displaydevice of claim 14, wherein the third sub-power line is disposed betweenthe anode and the second sub-power line.
 16. The display device of claim14, further comprising: a second driving voltage line which is providedin the non-display region and applies a second power voltage to each ofthe plurality of pixels, wherein the first power voltage is higher thanthe second power voltage.